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From: Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Out of memory, but no OOM Killer? (2.6.9-ac11)
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:47:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041126224722.GK30987@charite.de> (raw)

rsync seems to want lots of memory, yet the OOM killer doesn't strike.
Subsequently, that machine died an ugly death until delivered by a
power-cycle.

Why doesn't the OOM killer reap rsync?
...
Nov 26 05:58:19 backup-in -- MARK --
Nov 26 06:02:04 backup-in kernel: rsync: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:02:04 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:02:04 backup-in kernel: rsync: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:02:04 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:02:08 backup-in kernel: rsync: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:02:08 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:02:08 backup-in kernel: rsync: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:02:08 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:02:08 backup-in kernel: rsync: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:02:08 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:02:08 backup-in kernel: rsync: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:02:08 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:02:08 backup-in kernel: rsync: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:02:08 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:02:08 backup-in kernel: rsync: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:02:08 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:02:08 backup-in kernel: rsync: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:02:08 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:02:08 backup-in kernel: rsync: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:02:08 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:02:17 backup-in kernel: printk: 32 messages suppressed.
Nov 26 06:02:17 backup-in kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:02:17 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:02:17 backup-in kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:02:17 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: printk: 11 messages suppressed.
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:03:33 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [__alloc_pages+576/908] __alloc_pages+0x240/0x38c
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [__get_free_pages+24/49] __get_free_pages+0x18/0x31
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [kmem_getpages+30/201] kmem_getpages+0x1e/0xc9
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [cache_grow+188/390] cache_grow+0xbc/0x186
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [cache_alloc_refill+468/532] cache_alloc_refill+0x1d4/0x214
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [__kmalloc+122/124] __kmalloc+0x7a/0x7c
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [alloc_skb+83/252] alloc_skb+0x53/0xfc
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [pg0+545011501/1068684288] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x47/0xe8 [e1000]
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [pg0+545010700/1068684288] e1000_clean_rx_irq+0x184/0x45e [e1000]
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [pg0+545010212/1068684288] e1000_clean_tx_irq+0x1a0/0x204 [e1000]
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [pg0+545009728/1068684288] e1000_intr+0x3e/0x82 [e1000]
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [handle_IRQ_event+60/110] handle_IRQ_event+0x3c/0x6e
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [do_IRQ+222/422] do_IRQ+0xde/0x1a6
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  =======================
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [common_interrupt+24/32] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [default_idle+0/44] default_idle+0x0/0x2c
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [default_idle+41/44] default_idle+0x29/0x2c
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [cpu_idle+46/60] cpu_idle+0x2e/0x3c
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [start_kernel+356/383] start_kernel+0x164/0x17f
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [unknown_bootoption+0/374] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x176
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [__alloc_pages+576/908] __alloc_pages+0x240/0x38c
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [__get_free_pages+24/49] __get_free_pages+0x18/0x31
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [kmem_getpages+30/201] kmem_getpages+0x1e/0xc9
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [cache_grow+188/390] cache_grow+0xbc/0x186
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [cache_alloc_refill+468/532] cache_alloc_refill+0x1d4/0x214
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [__kmalloc+122/124] __kmalloc+0x7a/0x7c
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [alloc_skb+83/252] alloc_skb+0x53/0xfc
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [pg0+545011501/1068684288] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x47/0xe8 [e1000]
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [pg0+545010700/1068684288] e1000_clean_rx_irq+0x184/0x45e [e1000]
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [pg0+545010212/1068684288] e1000_clean_tx_irq+0x1a0/0x204 [e1000]
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [pg0+545009728/1068684288] e1000_intr+0x3e/0x82 [e1000]
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [handle_IRQ_event+60/110] handle_IRQ_event+0x3c/0x6e
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [do_IRQ+222/422] do_IRQ+0xde/0x1a6
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  =======================
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [common_interrupt+24/32] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [default_idle+0/44] default_idle+0x0/0x2c
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [default_idle+41/44] default_idle+0x29/0x2c
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [cpu_idle+46/60] cpu_idle+0x2e/0x3c
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [start_kernel+356/383] start_kernel+0x164/0x17f
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel:  [unknown_bootoption+0/374] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x176
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel: klogd: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel: Stack pointer is garbage, not printing trace
Nov 26 06:04:08 backup-in kernel: klogd: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20

... and it goes on like that for hours...

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             reply	other threads:[~2004-11-26 22:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-26 22:47 Ralf Hildebrandt [this message]
2004-11-26 23:56 ` Out of memory, but no OOM Killer? (2.6.9-ac11) Nick Piggin
2004-11-27  0:33   ` Ralf Hildebrandt
2004-11-27  1:10     ` Nick Piggin
2004-11-27  8:03       ` Ralf Hildebrandt
2004-11-28 17:29 ` Alan Cox

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