> > with the 2.2 VM code badly. 2.2.19pre8 fixes the VM behaviour in the general > > case and that might well make it handle the extra vm pressure reiserfs causes > > > But I got the same VM error when I was testing on an ext2 partition > under stock kernel (without any external patches). If the program does a lot of allocation and page dirtying you would see it on 2.2.18 with any fs. Journalling fs's just make it more likely to trigger. Andrea fixed this in 2.2.19pre3 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/