Re: 2.4.24 + cryptoloop: __alloc_pages: 5-order allocation failed

Christian Kujau
2004-02-19T07:37:23Z

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Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
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| Please do
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| echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/vm_gfp_debug
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unfortunately i am not able to do this right now, i'll have access to
the machine on sunday i guess. so i have to wait what it gives then.

| I suspect the problem is loop allocates its buffers in a way so that the
| allocator can't sleep waiting for IO, which in turn overloads the memory
| and causes the failures.

yes, i've heard rumors too that the loop device was not so good at all
when it comes to high i/o throughput.

Thanks,
Christian.
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