Ron, did this problem not occur in a release prior to Raring? As well, in mainline testing, please ensure you are not testing the daily folder (nightly as you called it), but the one at the bottom of the list, as outlined in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1226172/comments/18 .
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1226172 Title: iostat: Cannot open /proc/stat: Cannot allocate memory Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I receive an intermittent error using iostat -k 5 : "Cannot open /proc/stat: Cannot allocate memory" This can also be simply reproduced by entering: "cat /proc/stat", one to several (~5-10) times. strace on the "cat /proc/stat" method: ...exclude typical run-up... fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1607664, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 1607664, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7fd755b77000 close(3) = 0 fstat(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 5), ...}) = 0 open("/proc/stat", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOMEM (Cannot allocate memory) write(2, "cat: ", 5cat: ) = 5 write(2, "/proc/stat", 10/proc/stat) = 10 open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2570, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd755d09000 read(3, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2570 read(3, "", 4096) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x7fd755d09000, 4096) = 0 open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) ...exclude typical throw-error via LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo... /proc/meminfo detail: # cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 32947584 kB MemFree: 302664 kB Buffers: 154064 kB Cached: 21284268 kB SwapCached: 1728840 kB Active: 12576792 kB Inactive: 17279896 kB Active(anon): 5097984 kB Inactive(anon): 3320844 kB Active(file): 7478808 kB Inactive(file): 13959052 kB Unevictable: 0 kB Mlocked: 0 kB SwapTotal: 187617276 kB SwapFree: 185330320 kB Dirty: 148 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 7048592 kB Mapped: 104312 kB Shmem: 604 kB Slab: 1947068 kB SReclaimable: 1523288 kB SUnreclaim: 423780 kB KernelStack: 8800 kB PageTables: 38260 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB WritebackTmp: 0 kB CommitLimit: 204091068 kB Committed_AS: 15333712 kB VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB VmallocUsed: 163292 kB VmallocChunk: 34359457992 kB HardwareCorrupted: 0 kB AnonHugePages: 38912 kB HugePages_Total: 0 HugePages_Free: 0 HugePages_Rsvd: 0 HugePages_Surp: 0 Hugepagesize: 2048 kB DirectMap4k: 333824 kB DirectMap2M: 14313472 kB DirectMap1G: 18874368 kB This only seems to happens on specific hardware: Intel Server System P4000CP / S2600CP Motherboard, booted with kernel option: "pci=conf1" This does NOT happen on very similar hardware: Intel Server R2312GZ / S2600GZ Motherboard Is there a possible memory, or kernel memory sysctl configurable I'm missing here? --- AlsaDevices: total 0 crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 1 Aug 23 07:12 seq crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 33 Aug 23 07:12 timer AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=98374fad-7836-4390-b311-614da0ca473c InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-17 (210 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.2) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046b:ff10 American Megatrends, Inc. Virtual Keyboard and Mouse MachineType: Intel Corporation S2600CP .......... MarkForUpload: True Package: linux 3.8.0.30.48 PackageArchitecture: amd64 PciMultimedia: ProcEnviron: TERM=screen PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.8.0-30-generic root=/dev/mapper/h01vg-root ro pci=conf1 intel_iommu=on ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-30.44-generic 3.8.13.6 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-30-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-30-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.106 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Tags: raring Uname: Linux 3.8.0-30-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-07 (132 days ago) UserGroups: dmi.bios.date: 02/26/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.bios.version: SE5C600.86B.01.08.0003.022620131521 dmi.board.asset.tag: .................... dmi.board.name: S2600CP dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: E99552-507 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: .................... dmi.chassis.type: 17 dmi.chassis.vendor: .............................. dmi.chassis.version: .................. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrSE5C600.86B.01.08.0003.022620131521:bd02/26/2013:svnIntelCorporation:pnS2600CP..........:pvr....................:rvnIntelCorporation:rnS2600CP:rvrE99552-507:cvn..............................:ct17:cvr..................: dmi.product.name: S2600CP .......... dmi.product.version: .................... dmi.sys.vendor: Intel Corporation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1226172/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
