Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.22-6 Hi,
I found this message today: rsync: page allocation failure. order:1, mode:0x20 Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff8026d94d>] __alloc_pages+0x2a3/0x2bc [<ffffffff80287a1a>] kmem_getpages+0x69/0x111 [<ffffffff80287a1a>] kmem_getpages+0x69/0x111 [<ffffffff80287f92>] fallback_alloc+0x115/0x180 [<ffffffff80287bf2>] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x93/0xed [<ffffffff80396ce5>] __alloc_skb+0x64/0x137 [<ffffffff803ca52c>] tcp_collapse+0x169/0x37a [<ffffffff803ca8bc>] tcp_prune_queue+0x17f/0x27b [<ffffffff803cab85>] tcp_data_queue+0x1cd/0xafd [<ffffffff803cce04>] tcp_rcv_established+0x802/0x8da [<ffffffff803d2591>] tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x30/0x36c [<ffffffff803d4e30>] tcp_v4_rcv+0x98f/0xa23 [<ffffffff803b9c27>] ip_local_deliver+0x1c9/0x28e [<ffffffff803b9a15>] ip_rcv+0x551/0x59a [<ffffffff8039acfd>] netif_receive_skb+0x7d/0x392 [<ffffffff880abb21>] :tg3:tg3_poll+0x6ff/0x94d [<ffffffff8039d20b>] net_rx_action+0xa8/0x1b6 [<ffffffff80237552>] __do_softirq+0x55/0xc3 [<ffffffff8021b7ff>] ack_apic_level+0x3a/0x4e [<ffffffff8020af2c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x28 [<ffffffff8020c855>] do_softirq+0x2c/0x7d [<ffffffff8020ca8b>] do_IRQ+0xb6/0xd3 [<ffffffff8020a2b1>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0xa <EOI> [<ffffffff8814cbcd>] :jbd:journal_dirty_metadata+0x8f/0x1be [<ffffffff8816ccae>] :ext3:__ext3_journal_dirty_metadata+0x1e/0x46 [<ffffffff88160cdd>] :ext3:ext3_mark_iloc_dirty+0x2b0/0x339 [<ffffffff881610f4>] :ext3:ext3_mark_inode_dirty+0x28/0x31 [<ffffffff88163d7d>] :ext3:ext3_dirty_inode+0x63/0x7b [<ffffffff802a9f5f>] __mark_inode_dirty+0x29/0x17d [<ffffffff8815e7d1>] :ext3:ext3_new_blocks+0x5ec/0x7d3 [<ffffffff802ae8ec>] __bread+0x6/0x76 [<ffffffff8816182e>] :ext3:ext3_get_blocks_handle+0x405/0x8e6 [<ffffffff80287aa8>] kmem_getpages+0xf7/0x111 [<ffffffff88161ffb>] :ext3:ext3_get_block+0xc2/0xe4 [<ffffffff802addca>] __block_prepare_write+0x18a/0x441 [<ffffffff88161f39>] :ext3:ext3_get_block+0x0/0xe4 [<ffffffff802ae09b>] block_prepare_write+0x1a/0x25 [<ffffffff8816338a>] :ext3:ext3_prepare_write+0xb2/0x17b [<ffffffff8026a432>] generic_file_buffered_write+0x288/0x61a [<ffffffff8026ab07>] __generic_file_aio_write_nolock+0x343/0x3ad [<ffffffff803901c8>] sock_aio_read+0x112/0x19a [<ffffffff8026abd2>] generic_file_aio_write+0x61/0xc1 [<ffffffff8815f416>] :ext3:ext3_file_write+0x16/0x94 [<ffffffff8028d7f8>] do_sync_write+0xc9/0x10c [<ffffffff80220d53>] do_page_fault+0x41f/0x78c [<ffffffff80244a5a>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e [<ffffffff8028dfc9>] vfs_write+0xce/0x157 [<ffffffff8028e527>] sys_write+0x45/0x6e [<ffffffff80209d9e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 Mem-info: Node 0 DMA per-cpu: CPU 0: Hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Cold: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0Node 0 DMA32 per-cpu: CPU 0: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 156 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 61Active:132270 inactive:218832 dirty:29022 writeback:346 unstable:0 free:3374 slab:152675 mapped:2589 pagetables:1066 bounce:0 Node 0 DMA free:8032kB min:32kB low:40kB high:48kB active:84kB inactive:524kB present:11604kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no lowmem_reserve[]: 0 2004 2004 Node 0 DMA32 free:5464kB min:5708kB low:7132kB high:8560kB active:528996kB inactive:874804kB present:2052260kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 Node 0 DMA: 4*4kB 0*8kB 1*16kB 0*32kB 1*64kB 0*128kB 1*256kB 1*512kB 1*1024kB 1*2048kB 1*4096kB = 8032kB Node 0 DMA32: 1105*4kB 1*8kB 1*16kB 1*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 5500kB Swap cache: add 5536748, delete 5534071, find 35813588/36089405, race 0+0 Free swap = 20651316kB Total swap = 20680808kB Free swap: 20651316kB 524272 pages of RAM 8267 reserved pages 219014 pages shared 2677 pages swap cached It doesn't seem to have killed anything. I've set vm/overcommit_memory to 2. This is using the 2.6.22-3-vserver-amd64 2.6.22-6 package. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]