It happened again, this time the machine didn't stall, and a bit more info could be collected:
syslog: Dec 10 23:29:06 omg kernel: [51151.508470] brix invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=0, oomkilladj=-17 Dec 10 23:29:07 omg kernel: [51151.508476] Pid: 995, comm: brix Not tainted 2.6.24-22-server #1 Dec 10 23:29:07 omg kernel: [51151.508489] [oom_kill_process+0x10a/0x120] oom_kill_process+0x10a/0x120 Dec 10 23:29:07 omg kernel: [51151.508499] [out_of_memory+0x167/0x1a0] out_of_memory+0x167/0x1a0 Dec 10 23:29:07 omg kernel: [51151.508504] [nfs:__alloc_pages+0x34c/0x380] __alloc_pages+0x34c/0x380 Dec 10 23:29:07 omg kernel: [51151.508512] [tcp_sendmsg+0x361/0xbc0] tcp_sendmsg+0x361/0xbc0 Dec 10 23:29:07 omg kernel: [51151.508523] [tcp_sendmsg+0x9c3/0xbc0] tcp_sendmsg+0x9c3/0xbc0 Dec 10 23:29:07 omg kernel: [51151.508526] [kmap_atomic_prot+0xfc/0x130] kmap_atomic_prot+0xfc/0x130 Dec 10 23:29:07 omg kernel: [51151.508532] [nfs:kmap_atomic+0x1c/0x30] kmap_atomic+0x1c/0x30 Dec 10 23:29:07 omg kernel: [51151.508538] [sock_aio_write+0x109/0x120] sock_aio_write+0x109/0x120 Dec 10 23:29:07 omg kernel: [51151.508544] [nfs:do_sync_write+0xd5/0x120] do_sync_write+0xd5/0x120 Dec 10 23:29:07 omg kernel: [51151.508550] [<c0145f10>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 meminfo: MemTotal: 49924560 kB MemFree: 16970328 kB Buffers: 960 kB Cached: 31965780 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 13818128 kB Inactive: 18619620 kB HighTotal: 49413916 kB HighFree: 16961756 kB LowTotal: 510644 kB LowFree: 8572 kB SwapTotal: 9092748 kB SwapFree: 9092748 kB Dirty: 5096 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 470908 kB Mapped: 8668 kB Slab: 489532 kB SReclaimable: 440788 kB SUnreclaim: 48744 kB PageTables: 4784 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB CommitLimit: 34055028 kB Committed_AS: 1273408 kB VmallocTotal: 118776 kB VmallocUsed: 7844 kB VmallocChunk: 110616 kB HugePages_Total: 0 HugePages_Free: 0 HugePages_Rsvd: 0 HugePages_Surp: 0 Hugepagesize: 2048 kB brix processes: root 984 0.0 0.0 54628 33412 ? S 14:22 0:00 (brix) wtf-searchd overlord root 987 6.3 0.0 63648 43912 ? S 14:22 34:36 (brix) wtf-searchd - 65 rpm root 988 6.4 0.0 69236 49400 ? S 14:22 35:15 (brix) wtf-searchd - 59 rpm root 991 6.5 0.0 58404 38696 ? S 14:22 35:42 (brix) wtf-searchd - 68 rpm root 993 6.7 0.0 58788 39064 ? S 14:22 37:03 (brix) wtf-searchd - 68 rpm root 994 6.6 0.0 58828 39020 ? S 14:22 36:33 (brix) wtf-searchd - 76 rpm root 995 6.4 0.0 57592 37848 ? S 14:22 35:37 (brix) wtf-searchd - 67 rpm root 996 6.1 0.0 59548 39812 ? R 14:22 33:33 (brix) wtf-searchd - 62 rpm root 998 6.6 0.0 57560 37832 ? S 14:22 36:46 (brix) wtf-searchd - 74 rpm root 999 6.3 0.0 57988 38224 ? S 14:22 34:44 (brix) wtf-searchd - 65 rpm root 1000 6.7 0.0 57860 38132 ? S 14:22 37:00 (brix) wtf-searchd - 74 rpm ** Attachment added: "dmesg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20359737/dmesg.log -- oom-killer kicks in while ~15G of ram are free, freezes server https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306830 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs