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Message-ID: <m2ipnmz49x.fsf@firstfloor.org>
Date:	Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:51:54 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	p.herz@...fihost.ag
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Vanilla-Kernel 3 - page allocation failure

Philipp Herz - Profihost AG <p.herz@...fihost.ag> writes:

> After updating kernel (x86_64) to stable version 3 there are a few
> messages appearing in the kernel log such as
>
> kworker/0:1: page allocation failure: order:1, mode:0x20
> mysql: page allocation failure: order:1, mode:0x20
> php5: page allocation failure: order:1, mode:0x20

You just ran out of memory.

The problem here seems to be that the kernel is unable to communicate
in a language you can understand. 

How do you think the message should have been phrased to make the 
issue more clear?

-Andi
-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only
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