Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 04 Nov 2002 22:49:16 -0800 | From | "Martin J. Bligh" <> | Subject | Re: kernel freeze |
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> After I reported a kernel freeze in this mail list("2.4.18 freeze on > 4G memory."), > I try 2.4.19 & 2.4.19+rmap14a patch, all of those have been frozen. > I try to enable kernel profiling to detect what is the problem and found > the function _text_lock_vmscan make the cpu busy. Any comment?
I'll lay you a large bet that lowmem is full of garbage. Probably buffer_heads, inodes or PTEs. Output of /proc/meminfo and /proc/slabinfo as you approach oblivion would be useful. As would a description of the workload that triggers it.
M.
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