From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753573AbZELUIs (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 May 2009 16:08:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753110AbZELUId (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 May 2009 16:08:33 -0400 Received: from dd2934.kasserver.com ([85.13.129.136]:43685 "EHLO dd2934.kasserver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753765AbZELUId (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 May 2009 16:08:33 -0400 Message-ID: <4A09D740.4000601@datenparkplatz.de> Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 22:08:32 +0200 From: Ulrich Lukas User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090409) MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: whole system lock-up on low memory References: <4A076A1F.4080300@datenparkplatz.de> <20090512135800.D62F.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com> In-Reply-To: <20090512135800.D62F.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org KOSAKI Motohiro wrote: > mm, I don't reproduce this. > my test environment: > > kernel: 2.6.30-rc4-mmotm > CPU: ia64 x 8 > MEM: 8GB I've never tested on an ia64 system, only on x86 and x86-64. Sometimes more than one try is needed to yield the behaviour. And I only had the problem with cryptographic or disabled swap. E.g. with an /etc/crypttab like this: swapMapping /dev/sdxx /dev/urandom swap and /etc/fstab: /dev/mapper/swapMapping none swap sw 0 0