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From: Raymond Jennings <shentino@gmail.com>
To: Hillf Danton <dhillf@gmail.com>
Cc: Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@atrad.com.au>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: OOM triggered with plenty of memory free
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:33:23 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGDaZ_ryxdMBm44kotjKyCeFEFk3OURjHav3zVOcQNGwP_ZwAQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJd=RBDHwgtm=to3WUj73d7q6cjJ7oG6capjUxvcpVk0wH-fbQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 2:25 AM, Hillf Danton <dhillf@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Some system specifications:
>> - CPU: i7 860 at 2.8 GHz
>> - Mainboard: Advantech AIMB-780
>> - RAM: 4 GB
>> - Kernel: 2.6.35.11 SMP, 32 bit (kernel.org kernel, no patches applied)

> The highmem no longer holds memory with 64-bit kernel.

I don't really think that's a valid reason to dismiss problems with
32-bit though, as I still use it myself.

Anyway, to the parent poster, could you tell us more, such as how much
ram you had left free?

A printout of /proc/meminfo might help here.

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  reply	other threads:[~2013-03-16  9:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-16  9:25 Hillf Danton
2013-03-16  9:33 ` Raymond Jennings [this message]
2013-03-16 11:02   ` Jonathan Woithe
2013-03-20  5:47   ` Jonathan Woithe
2013-03-21  7:07   ` Jonathan Woithe
2013-03-25  2:24     ` Jonathan Woithe
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-02-13  3:10 Jonathan Woithe
2013-02-13  3:30 ` David Rientjes
2013-02-13  4:25   ` Jonathan Woithe
2013-02-13 15:14     ` Dave Hansen
2013-02-13 22:49       ` Jonathan Woithe
2013-02-21  6:01       ` Jonathan Woithe
2013-02-26  6:39       ` Jonathan Woithe
2013-02-26 15:26         ` Dave Hansen
2013-02-26 20:54           ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-03-04  5:25             ` Jonathan Woithe
2013-02-20  5:50   ` Simon Jeons
2013-02-20  7:05     ` David Rientjes

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