From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 18:04:39 -0300 (BRST) From: Rik van Riel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: simple FS application that hangs 2.4-test5, mem mgmt problem or FS buffer cache mgmt problem? In-Reply-To: <200009121926.e8CJQGN28377@trampoline.thunk.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: tytso@mit.edu Cc: ying@almaden.ibm.com, linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 tytso@mit.edu wrote: > Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 14:03:51 -0300 (BRST) > From: Rik van Riel > > [Ted: could you add this problem to the 2.4 jobs list? thanks] > > On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Ying Chen/Almaden/IBM wrote: > > > I while back I reported some problems with buffer cache and > > probably memory mgmt subsystem when I ran high IOPS with SPEC > > SFS. > > > I recently tried the same thing, i.e., running large IOPS SPEC > > SFS, against the test6 up kernel. I had no problem if I don't > > turn HIGHMEM support on in the kernel. As soon as I turned > > HIGHMEM support on (I have 2GB memory in my system), I ran into > > the same problem, i.e., I'd get "Out of memory" sort of thing > > from various subsystems, like SCSI or IP, and eventually my > > kernel hangs. > > What's the currents status on this bug? Many thanks. I still have no idea what could cause the bug ... ;( regards, Rik -- "What you're running that piece of shit Gnome?!?!" -- Miguel de Icaza, UKUUG 2000 http://www.conectiva.com/ http://www.surriel.com/ -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/