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From: "Ortwin Glück" <odi@odi.ch>
To: Luming Yu <luming.yu@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [headache] 3.7.0-rc2 can't handle mutt (with 3.7G mail file) +FF (4 tabs) on a 4G memory+4 core system ?
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:23:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <509BC06A.8000401@odi.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJRGBZx7GOQCWqGg9DVztNwCxoU4B7V_vzhuDTNjCiXpx6o=xw@mail.gmail.com>

On 08.11.2012 15:14, Luming Yu wrote:
>> hmm....make sens? maybe we can't use tmp-on-tmpfs feature in f18
> but why not having disk to backup tmpfs under memory pressure?

It should. tmpfs should use all available RAM+swap. But then I guess you 
have no swap, and the kernel simply is desperately trying to find memory 
for a slab/slub or whatever. OOM killer can't help because the temp file 
uses the space, not a process.


  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-08 14:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-08 12:09 [headache] 3.7.0-rc2 can't handle mutt (with 3.7G mail file) +FF (4 tabs) on a 4G memory+4 core system ? Ortwin Glück
2012-11-08 13:28 ` Luming Yu
2012-11-08 13:34   ` Ortwin Glück
2012-11-08 14:00     ` Luming Yu
2012-11-08 14:14       ` Luming Yu
2012-11-08 14:23         ` Ortwin Glück [this message]
2012-11-11  3:54           ` Luming Yu
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-11-07 14:15 Luming Yu

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