-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Lennert Buytenhek wrote: [...] > The kernel can end up killing processes if there is not enough memory > to satisfy a memory allocation request made by one of the processes in > the system.
Yes, I'm aware of that --- I've been chasing this thing up for years. [...] > If you're seeing both temporary memory allocation failures and killed > processes, you're seeing something else than the original poster is. Obviously, although the messages I was getting are extremely similar. There have been lots of complaints about the OOM killer kicking in and spuriously killing stuff on the NSLU2 list over the years; I've seen some signs --- http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0711.3/0766.html --- that it's related to using USB storage. However I've never actually seen anyone come up with a proper diagnosis. I would love to know if this has been properly fixed. It's not so much of a problem on my SheevaPlug, but it was making some operations impossible on the NSLU2. As I said, turning overcommit off appears to help on my SheevaPlug, but that could just be due to changing usage patterns. I haven't noticed any services mysteriously shut down since I added the setting, but before that my Java server was dying on a regular basis. (PS. Please don't cc me; I'm on the list, I don't need two copies!) - -- ┌─── ｄｇ＠ｃｏｗｌａｒｋ．ｃｏｍ ───── http://www.cowlark.com ───── │ │ "Under communism, man exploits man. Under capitalism, it's just the │ opposite." --- John Kenneth Galbrith -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iD8DBQFLCwGYf9E0noFvlzgRAiWIAKChQNtyr82Bz4v5xegOsMvqFUJ8qACfefHb GulsQgmLxqo1wr4GQfHWdrI= =sY6d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
