linux-kernel - Re: Controlling use of page cache for usb-storage disk access in a MIPS based embedded system

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Message-ID: <50fb67e90907122043g5eb1f462w63a92fb1af6ac756@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:13:59 +0530
From:	Srinivasan Jayarajan <srinivasan.jayarajan.lnxkrnl@...il.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Controlling use of page cache for usb-storage disk access in a 
	MIPS based embedded system

The original issue was due to ftruncate() system calls on a FAT
filesystem. Avoiding ftruncate() on a FAT file system solved the OOM
problem.

Thanks for the help
-Srini

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Greg KH<greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 11:00:19AM +0530, Srinivasan Jayarajan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>   I have Linux 2.6.16-17 running on a MIPS development board.
>
> That kernel is a few years old now, and is quite obsolete from a
> community standpoint.  Have you tried a more recent version to see if
> the same issues are present?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
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