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Message-Id: <1201790191.32654.7.camel@lappy> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:36:31 +0100 From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl> To: r31dmaeu@...312b.rz.unibw-muenchen.de Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: OOM-killer invoked but why ? On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 13:53 +0100, Claude Frantz wrote: > Hello ! > > I'm faced to a problem where the OOM-killer is invoked but I cannot find > the reason why. The machine is rather powerfull, the load is very moderate, > the disk swap space is nearly unused. The only strange observation which > appears to me is the slow but progressive decreasing of kbbuffers during > many hours. > > Can you help me to diagnose the problem and to find a good solution ? > > Thanks a lot ! > > Claude > > > kernel: 2.6.22.14-72.fc6 (Fedora 6) > > "sar -r" output: > > 12:00:01 AM kbmemfree kbmemused %memused kbbuffers kbcached kbswpfree kbswpused %swpused kbswpcad > 12:10:01 AM 1739920 1635056 48.45 9368 135620 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 12:20:01 AM 1691180 1683796 49.89 8644 162992 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 12:30:01 AM 1732076 1642900 48.68 8608 141168 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 12:40:01 AM 1766308 1608668 47.66 8128 134744 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 12:50:01 AM 1718156 1656820 49.09 6884 134288 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 01:00:01 AM 1728448 1646528 48.79 6476 137912 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 01:10:01 AM 1707652 1667324 49.40 5792 156572 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 01:20:01 AM 1736928 1638048 48.54 6368 138872 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 01:30:02 AM 1776288 1598688 47.37 5412 145136 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 01:40:01 AM 1780456 1594520 47.25 5464 150536 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 01:50:01 AM 1744856 1630120 48.30 4960 154732 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 02:00:02 AM 1687012 1687964 50.01 3996 171048 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 02:10:01 AM 1696020 1678956 49.75 3916 145424 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 02:20:02 AM 1740864 1634112 48.42 4340 142900 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 02:30:01 AM 1769460 1605516 47.57 3516 138056 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 02:40:02 AM 1764376 1610600 47.72 3184 138844 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 02:50:02 AM 1702100 1672876 49.57 3736 157448 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 03:00:01 AM 1750396 1624580 48.14 3556 141016 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 03:10:02 AM 1744168 1630808 48.32 1900 136612 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 03:20:01 AM 1749388 1625588 48.17 1012 136804 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 03:30:01 AM 1728028 1646948 48.80 1980 139104 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 03:40:01 AM 1718596 1656380 49.08 1136 156932 8192960 148 0.00 0 > 03:50:02 AM 1692684 1682292 49.85 768 140808 8192960 148 0.00 0 > ~~~~~~ OOM-killer in action. Then reboot. > 07:30:01 AM 2134568 1240408 36.75 233624 506224 8193108 0 0.00 0 > 07:40:01 AM 2104412 1270564 37.65 252204 524220 8193108 0 0.00 0 > 07:50:01 AM 2049712 1325264 39.27 265368 527096 8193108 0 0.00 0 > 08:00:01 AM 1813652 1561324 46.26 281708 527296 8193108 0 0.00 0 > > The values in /proc/sys/vm : > > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory > 0 > /proc/sys/vm/panic_on_oom > 0 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_ratio > 50 > /proc/sys/vm/page-cluster > 3 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio > 5 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio > 10 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs > 499 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_expire_centisecs > 2999 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads > 2 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness > 60 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages > 0 > /proc/sys/vm/hugetlb_shm_group > 0 > /proc/sys/vm/lowmem_reserve_ratio > 256 32 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches > 0 > /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes > 3816 > /proc/sys/vm/percpu_pagelist_fraction > 0 > /proc/sys/vm/max_map_count > 65536 > /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode > 0 > /proc/sys/vm/block_dump > 0 > /proc/sys/vm/vfs_cache_pressure > 100 > /proc/sys/vm/legacy_va_layout > 0 > /proc/sys/vm/stat_interval > 1 > /proc/sys/vm/vdso_enabled > 1 > > The syslog extract: > > Jan 28 03:50:24 toaster kernel: ps invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=0, oomkilladj=0 > Jan 28 03:50:24 toaster kernel: [<c045cf52>] out_of_memory+0x69/0x1a7 > Jan 28 03:50:24 toaster kernel: [<c045e3bb>] __alloc_pages+0x216/0x2a0 > Jan 28 03:50:24 toaster kernel: [<c04a6f1e>] proc_info_read+0x0/0x9d > Jan 28 03:50:24 toaster kernel: [<c045e471>] __get_free_pages+0x2c/0x3a > Jan 28 03:50:24 toaster kernel: [<c04a6f57>] proc_info_read+0x39/0x9d > Jan 28 03:50:24 toaster kernel: [<c04a6f1e>] proc_info_read+0x0/0x9d > Jan 28 03:50:24 toaster kernel: [<c0477dda>] vfs_read+0xa6/0x158 > Jan 28 03:50:24 toaster kernel: [<c0478238>] sys_read+0x41/0x67 > Jan 28 03:50:24 toaster kernel: [<c0404fa2>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb > Jan 28 03:50:24 toaster kernel: ======================= > Jan 28 03:50:24 toaster kernel: Mem-info: > Jan 28 03:50:24 toaster kernel: DMA per-cpu: > Jan 28 03:50:35 toaster xinetd[3182]: START: time-dgram pid=0 from=137.193.74.3 > Jan 28 03:50:48 toaster kernel: CPU 0: Hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Cold: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 > Jan 28 03:50:48 toaster kernel: CPU 1: Hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Cold: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 > Jan 28 03:50:48 toaster kernel: CPU 2: Hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Cold: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 > Jan 28 03:50:48 toaster kernel: CPU 3: Hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Cold: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 > Jan 28 03:50:48 toaster kernel: Normal per-cpu: > Jan 28 03:50:48 toaster kernel: CPU 0: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 58 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 60 > Jan 28 03:50:48 toaster kernel: CPU 1: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 34 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 60 > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: CPU 2: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 42 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 52 > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: CPU 3: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 85 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 51 > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: HighMem per-cpu: > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: CPU 0: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 176 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 9 > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: CPU 1: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 57 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 14 > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: CPU 2: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 143 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 11 > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: CPU 3: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 55 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 0 > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: Active:186294 inactive:2340 dirty:6 writeback:55 unstable:0 > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: free:431675 slab:177466 mapped:7100 pagetables:1915 bounce:0 > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: DMA free:3544kB min:68kB low:84kB high:100kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:16256kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? yes > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 873 3285 > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: Normal free:3684kB min:3744kB low:4680kB high:5616kB active:212kB inactive:112kB present:894080kB pages_scanned:365 all_unreclaimable? yes > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 19300 > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: HighMem free:1719472kB min:512kB low:3100kB high:5688kB active:744964kB inactive:9248kB present:2470404kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: DMA: 3*4kB 4*8kB 3*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB 1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 1*2048kB 0*4096kB = 3548kB > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: Normal: 30*4kB 29*8kB 8*16kB 1*32kB 3*64kB 5*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 1*2048kB 0*4096kB = 3904kB > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: HighMem: 5991*4kB 8849*8kB 18804*16kB 12622*32kB 7820*64kB 2500*128kB 354*256kB 15*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1719332kB > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: Swap cache: add 37, delete 37, find 0/0, race 0+0 > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: Free swap = 8192960kB > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: Total swap = 8193108kB > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: Free swap: 8192960kB > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: 851840 pages of RAM > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: 622464 pages of HIGHMEM > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: 8096 reserved pages > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: 638310 pages shared > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: 0 pages swap cached > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: 6 pages dirty > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: 55 pages writeback > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: 7100 pages mapped > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: 177466 pages slab > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: 1915 pages pagetables > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: Out of memory: kill process 10859 (amavisd) score 36218 or a child > Jan 28 03:50:49 toaster kernel: Killed process 19146 (amavisd) You seem to have ran out of zone normal memory with all of it stuck in kernel allocations. 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