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Message-ID: <20070122133735.GB4493@ucw.cz>
Date:	Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:37:35 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
	xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: 2.6.20-rc5: cp 18gb 18gb.2 = OOM killer, reproducible just like 2.16.19.2

On Sun 2007-01-21 14:27:34, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> Why does copying an 18GB on a 74GB raptor raid1 cause the kernel to invoke 
> the OOM killer and kill all of my processes?
> 
> Doing this on a single disk 2.6.19.2 is OK, no issues.  However, this 
> happens every time!
> 
> Anything to try?  Any other output needed?  Can someone shed some light on 
> this situation?

Is it highmem-related? Can you try it with mem=256M?

							Pavel
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