Re: 2.6.20-rc5: cp 18gb 18gb.2 = OOM killer, reproducible just like 2.16.19.2

Justin Piszcz
2007-01-24T23:42:24Z

And FYI yes I used mem=256M just as you said, not mem=256.

Justin.

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Justin Piszcz wrote:

> > Is it highmem-related? Can you try it with mem=256M?
>
> Bad idea, the kernel crashes & burns when I use mem=256, I had to boot
> 2.6.20-rc5-6 single to get back into my machine, very nasty. Remember I
> use an onboard graphics controller that has 128MB of RAM allocated to it
> and I believe the ICH8 chipset also uses some memory, in any event mem=256
> causes the machine to lockup before it can even get to the boot/init
> processes, the two leds on the keyboard were blinking, caps lock and
> scroll lock and I saw no console at all!
>
> Justin.
>
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Justin Piszcz wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Pavel Machek wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun 2007-01-21 14:27:34, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> > > > Why does copying an 18GB on a 74GB raptor raid1 cause the kernel to invoke
> > > > the OOM killer and kill all of my processes?
> > > >
> > > > Doing this on a single disk 2.6.19.2 is OK, no issues. However, this
> > > > happens every time!
> > > >
> > > > Anything to try? Any other output needed? Can someone shed some light on
> > > > this situation?
> > >
> > > Is it highmem-related? Can you try it with mem=256M?
> > >
> > > Pavel
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> >
> > I will give this a try later or tomorrow, I cannot have my machine crash
> > at the moment.
> >
> > Also, the onboard video on the Intel 965 chipset uses 128MB, not sure if
> > that has anything to do with it because after the system kill -9's all the
> > processes etc, my terminal looks like garbage.
> >
> > Justin.
> >
> >
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