>> Ariel Biener wrote:
>>> I got this. Anyone has an idea ?
>>
>> Sounds like a VM problem. Is this a 2.4.x kernel by any chance?
>>
>> yes.
Well the VM code in 2.4.x had some problems all the way up to the
2.4.x-testx releases. The major problems were leak of balance in the new
VM code (works great on some setups, less so on others) and memory
leaks. The memory leaks were supposed to be fixed in test7 but what
you're seeing might suggest they weren't really...
This was the focus of a huge thread on the Linux Kernel mailing list
between Rik van Riel and Linus, where Rik wanted to put in a patch that
he and certain other people said fixes the VM balancing problems
2.4.x-testx was palgued with and Linus didn't like. I don't think Rik's
patch got in in the end and you might want to try and apply it yourself
if the system is not critical (which shouldn't be running 2.4.x anyway...)
Here's a recap of the discussion:
http://kt.linuxcare.com/kernel-traffic/kt20000821_81.epl#4
Hope this helps.
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