linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.20-rc5: cp 18gb 18gb.2 = OOM killer, reproducible just like 2.16.19.2

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Date:	Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:48:44 -0500 (EST)
From:	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
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 Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Pavel Machek wrote:

> 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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I will give this a try later or tomorrow, I cannot have my machine crash 
at the moment.

Also, the onboard video on the Intel 965 chipset uses 128MB, not sure if 
that has anything to do with it because after the system kill -9's all the 
processes etc, my terminal looks like garbage.

Justin.
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