From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 6 May 2002 01:18:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 6 May 2002 01:18:42 -0400 Received: from smtpzilla5.xs4all.nl ([194.109.127.141]:34567 "EHLO smtpzilla5.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 6 May 2002 01:18:41 -0400 Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:18:32 +0200 From: Jurriaan on Alpha To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: 2.5.13 error: kswapd: page allocation failure. order:0 mode:0x20 Message-ID: <20020506051832.GA8595@alpha.of.nowhere> Reply-To: thunder7@xs4all.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Message-Flag: Still using Outlook? Please Upgrade to real software! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Suddenly, after 36 hours uptime, the console was flooded with this message. May 6 06:54:24 alpha -- MARK -- May 6 07:11:28 alpha kernel: apd: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20 May 6 07:11:28 alpha kernel: kswapd: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20 May 6 07:11:28 alpha last message repeated 296 times May 6 07:11:37 alpha kernel: x20 May 6 07:11:37 alpha kernel: ssh: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20 May 6 07:11:37 alpha last message repeated 314 times May 6 07:11:39 alpha kernel: apd: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20 May 6 07:11:39 alpha kernel: kswapd: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20 May 6 07:11:39 alpha last message repeated 296 times May 6 07:11:39 alpha kernel: ssh: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20 May 6 07:11:40 alpha last message repeated 73 times May 6 07:11:46 alpha kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped. May 6 07:11:46 alpha kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating. May 6 07:11:46 alpha exiting on signal 15 May 6 07:13:35 alpha syslogd 1.4.1#10: restart. Given the fact that this alpha has 1.5 Gb memory and 2 Gb swap, I feel 'out-of-memory' shouldn't happen (I was running mutt, slrn, some ssh sessions - nothing big). after reboot: MemTotal: 1553808 kB MemFree: 1397688 kB MemShared: 0 kB Buffers: 71584 kB Cached: 23848 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 25064 kB Inactive: 92616 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 1553808 kB LowFree: 1397688 kB SwapTotal: 2292720 kB SwapFree: 2292720 kB Dirty: 14760 kB Writeback: 0 kB Is this report useful to someone? If more info is needed, just ask me. Jurriaan -- Cadets were humping in the corridors, a party of outraged Senators roamed Krane barracks, everyone, including me, questioned orders, ... Law and order. David Feintuch - Fisherman's Hope. Debian GNU/Linux 2.5.13 on Alpha 988 bogomips load:0.00 0.00 0.00