From: Eric <eric@cisu.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.x strangeness with large buffer usage via network transfer/disk and SEGV processes
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 20:58:13 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200403272058.13729.eric@cisu.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000001c41450$4c6c1f30$030aa8c0@PANIC>
On Saturday 27 March 2004 5:07 pm, Shawn Starr wrote:
> I don't get something maybe someone can explain why this is happening:
>
> 1) When using a large amount of buffers via sending say a 800MB file from
> one PC to another, the Linux system will segfault processes but not preform
> an OOM. Even though the system itself has not touched swap memory. Why is
> the kernel killing/or why are the processes dying with Segfault?
>
> I see this happening when I extract a Linux source tarball and have certain
> processes running, while tar extracts the process will just receive a
> segmentation fault w/o core.
>
> When using a virtual OS emulator, the emulator will just die.
>
> I don't remember this behaviour in 2.4 at all and I don't think this is
> correct. I have PREEMPT enabled as well.
>
> Is this a problem or is this correct behavour?
>
Crashes a correct behavior?
You must be used to windows where crashes are sometimes the correct behavior
hehe.
Sorry, I had to say it.
Otherwise I don't have a serious answer to your problem ;)
> Thanks
>
> Shawn S.
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Eric Bambach
Eric at cisu dot net
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2004-03-27 23:07 2.6.x strangeness with large buffer usage via network transfer/disk and SEGV processes Shawn Starr
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