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

Pavel Machek
2007-01-22T18:47:19Z

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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