apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcCpuinfo.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1226172/+attachment/3824325/+files/ProcCpuinfo.txt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1226172 Title: iostat: Cannot open /proc/stat: Cannot allocate memory Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I receive an intermittent error using iostat -k 5 : "Cannot open /proc/stat: Cannot allocate memory" This can also be simply reproduced by entering: "cat /proc/stat", one to several (~5-10) times. strace on the "cat /proc/stat" method: ...exclude typical run-up... fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1607664, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 1607664, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7fd755b77000 close(3) = 0 fstat(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 5), ...}) = 0 open("/proc/stat", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOMEM (Cannot allocate memory) write(2, "cat: ", 5cat: ) = 5 write(2, "/proc/stat", 10/proc/stat) = 10 open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2570, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd755d09000 read(3, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2570 read(3, "", 4096) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x7fd755d09000, 4096) = 0 open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) ...exclude typical throw-error via LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo... /proc/meminfo detail: # cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 32947584 kB MemFree: 302664 kB Buffers: 154064 kB Cached: 21284268 kB SwapCached: 1728840 kB Active: 12576792 kB Inactive: 17279896 kB Active(anon): 5097984 kB Inactive(anon): 3320844 kB Active(file): 7478808 kB Inactive(file): 13959052 kB Unevictable: 0 kB Mlocked: 0 kB SwapTotal: 187617276 kB SwapFree: 185330320 kB Dirty: 148 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 7048592 kB Mapped: 104312 kB Shmem: 604 kB Slab: 1947068 kB SReclaimable: 1523288 kB SUnreclaim: 423780 kB KernelStack: 8800 kB PageTables: 38260 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB WritebackTmp: 0 kB CommitLimit: 204091068 kB Committed_AS: 15333712 kB VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB VmallocUsed: 163292 kB VmallocChunk: 34359457992 kB HardwareCorrupted: 0 kB AnonHugePages: 38912 kB HugePages_Total: 0 HugePages_Free: 0 HugePages_Rsvd: 0 HugePages_Surp: 0 Hugepagesize: 2048 kB DirectMap4k: 333824 kB DirectMap2M: 14313472 kB DirectMap1G: 18874368 kB This only seems to happens on specific hardware: Intel Server System P4000CP / S2600CP Motherboard, booted with kernel option: "pci=conf1" This does NOT happen on very similar hardware: Intel Server R2312GZ / S2600GZ Motherboard Is there a possible memory, or kernel memory sysctl configurable I'm missing here? --- AlsaDevices: total 0 crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 1 Aug 23 07:12 seq crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 33 Aug 23 07:12 timer AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=98374fad-7836-4390-b311-614da0ca473c InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-17 (210 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.2) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046b:ff10 American Megatrends, Inc. Virtual Keyboard and Mouse MachineType: Intel Corporation S2600CP .......... MarkForUpload: True Package: linux 3.8.0.30.48 PackageArchitecture: amd64 PciMultimedia: ProcEnviron: TERM=screen PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.8.0-30-generic root=/dev/mapper/h01vg-root ro pci=conf1 intel_iommu=on ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-30.44-generic 3.8.13.6 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-30-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-30-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.106 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Tags: raring Uname: Linux 3.8.0-30-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-07 (132 days ago) UserGroups: dmi.bios.date: 02/26/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.bios.version: SE5C600.86B.01.08.0003.022620131521 dmi.board.asset.tag: .................... dmi.board.name: S2600CP dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: E99552-507 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: .................... dmi.chassis.type: 17 dmi.chassis.vendor: .............................. dmi.chassis.version: .................. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrSE5C600.86B.01.08.0003.022620131521:bd02/26/2013:svnIntelCorporation:pnS2600CP..........:pvr....................:rvnIntelCorporation:rnS2600CP:rvrE99552-507:cvn..............................:ct17:cvr..................: dmi.product.name: S2600CP .......... dmi.product.version: .................... dmi.sys.vendor: Intel Corporation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1226172/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
