chuck gelm wrote:
> Al Boldi wrote:
> >chuck gelm wrote:
> >>tom arnall wrote:
> >>>i am experiencing memory problems
Me too on 2.6.16, so maybe lkml can help?
> >>>trying to run an application that
> >>>processes a file of about .5GB. So far my results are:
> >>>
> >>>(1) set ulimit as follows:
> >>>
> >>> core file size (blocks, -c) 0
> >>> data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
> >>> file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
> >>> max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 256000
> >>> max memory size (kbytes, -m) 256000
> >>> open files (-n) 1024
> >>> pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
> >>> stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192
> >>> cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
> >>> max user processes (-u) unlimited
> >>> virtual memory (kbytes, -v) 768000
> >>>
> >>>This gives me 'out of memory' errors.
> >>>
> >>>(2) set 'virtual memory' very high and the application hogs memory and
> >>>brings the rest of the system to almost a halt.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks in advance for any help you can give me,
> >>>
> >>>Tom Arnall
> >>>north spit, ca
> >>
> >>Hi, Tom:
> >>
> >> I don't know anything about 'ulimit', but how much real memory do you
> >>have? I'd try adding another 2 Gigabytes of virtual memory.
> >>Also, try
> >>
> >> nice -n 19 <application>
> >>
> >>so that it does not 'hog' the system so much.
> >>
> >>Run 'top' to watch how much memory your application uses.
> >>
> >>HTH, Chuck
Thanks!
--
Al
oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x201d2, order=0
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[<c013ff25>] out_of_memory+0xa5/0xc0
[<c0141099>] __alloc_pages+0x279/0x310
[<c0143669>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0xe9/0x120
[<c0143b3f>] max_sane_readahead+0x2f/0x50
[<c0463eac>] pci_claim_resource+0x8c/0xd0
[<c013d8cb>] filemap_nopage+0x2eb/0x370
[<c0149ea5>] do_no_page+0x65/0x220
[<c0463f18>] pdev_sort_resources+0x28/0x100
[<c014a1dc>] __handle_mm_fault+0xec/0x200
[<c0113258>] do_page_fault+0x188/0x5c5
[<c0463fbc>] pdev_sort_resources+0xcc/0x100
[<c0463fbc>] pdev_sort_resources+0xcc/0x100
[<c0463fbc>] pdev_sort_resources+0xcc/0x100
[<c01130d0>] do_page_fault+0x0/0x5c5
[<c0103a0f>] error_code+0x4f/0x54
Mem-info:
DMA per-cpu:
cpu 0 hot: high 0, batch 1 used:0
cpu 0 cold: high 0, batch 1 used:0
DMA32 per-cpu: empty
Normal per-cpu: empty
HighMem per-cpu: empty
Free pages: 476kB (0kB HighMem)
Active:96 inactive:126 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0 free:119 slab:445 mapped:186 pagetables:31
DMA free:476kB min:360kB low:448kB high:540kB active:384kB inactive:504kB present:8192kB pages_scanned:257 all_unreclaimable? no
lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
DMA32 free:0kB min:0kB low:0kB high:0kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no
lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
Normal free:0kB min:0kB low:0kB high:0kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no
lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:128kB high:128kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no
lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
DMA: 23*4kB 4*8kB 0*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB 0*128kB 1*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 476kB
DMA32: empty
Normal: empty
HighMem: empty
Swap cache: add 11494, delete 11444, find 2453/5972, race 0+0
Free swap = 1016696kB
Total swap = 1020088kB
Free swap: 1016696kB
2048 pages of RAM
0 pages of HIGHMEM
1031 reserved pages
209 pages shared
50 pages swap cached
0 pages dirty
0 pages writeback
186 pages mapped
445 pages slab
31 pages pagetables
Out of Memory: Kill process 65 (bash) score 88 and children.
Out of memory: Killed process 104 (mc).
oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x201d2, order=0
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[<c044feac>] flush_window+0x4c/0x70
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[<c0113258>] do_page_fault+0x188/0x5c5
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[<c044e000>] do_name+0x150/0x1b0
[<c044e000>] do_name+0x150/0x1b0
[<c01130d0>] do_page_fault+0x0/0x5c5
[<c0103a0f>] error_code+0x4f/0x54
Mem-info:
DMA per-cpu:
cpu 0 hot: high 0, batch 1 used:0
cpu 0 cold: high 0, batch 1 used:0
DMA32 per-cpu: empty
Normal per-cpu: empty
HighMem per-cpu: empty
Free pages: 528kB (0kB HighMem)
Active:177 inactive:73 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0 free:132 slab:440 mapped:213 pagetables:27
DMA free:528kB min:360kB low:448kB high:540kB active:708kB inactive:292kB present:8192kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no
lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
DMA32 free:0kB min:0kB low:0kB high:0kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no
lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
Normal free:0kB min:0kB low:0kB high:0kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no
lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:128kB high:128kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no
lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
DMA: 40*4kB 2*8kB 0*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB 0*128kB 1*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 528kB
DMA32: empty
Normal: empty
HighMem: empty
Swap cache: add 13712, delete 13643, find 2842/7215, race 0+0
Free swap = 1016948kB
Total swap = 1020088kB
Free swap: 1016948kB
2048 pages of RAM
0 pages of HIGHMEM
1031 reserved pages
213 pages shared
69 pages swap cached
0 pages dirty
0 pages writeback
213 pages mapped
440 pages slab
27 pages pagetables
Out of Memory: Kill process 22 (bash) score 64 and children.
Out of memory: Killed process 103 (top).
oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x201d2, order=0
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[<c0143669>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0xe9/0x120
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[<c013d8cb>] filemap_nopage+0x2eb/0x370
[<c0149ea5>] do_no_page+0x65/0x220
[<c014a1dc>] __handle_mm_fault+0xec/0x200
[<c0113258>] do_page_fault+0x188/0x5c5
[<c01130d0>] do_page_fault+0x0/0x5c5
[<c0103a0f>] error_code+0x4f/0x54
Mem-info:
DMA per-cpu:
cpu 0 hot: high 0, batch 1 used:0
cpu 0 cold: high 0, batch 1 used:0
DMA32 per-cpu: empty
Normal per-cpu: empty
HighMem per-cpu: empty
Free pages: 368kB (0kB HighMem)
Active:18 inactive:261 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0 free:92 slab:443 mapped:246 pagetables:27
DMA free:368kB min:360kB low:448kB high:540kB active:72kB inactive:1044kB present:8192kB pages_scanned:466 all_unreclaimable? no
lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
DMA32 free:0kB min:0kB low:0kB high:0kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no
lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
Normal free:0kB min:0kB low:0kB high:0kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no
lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:128kB high:128kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no
lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
DMA: 0*4kB 2*8kB 0*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB 0*128kB 1*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 368kB
DMA32: empty
Normal: empty
HighMem: empty
Swap cache: add 16443, delete 16334, find 3542/8819, race 0+0
Free swap = 1016548kB
Total swap = 1020088kB
Free swap: 1016548kB
2048 pages of RAM
0 pages of HIGHMEM
1031 reserved pages
253 pages shared
109 pages swap cached
0 pages dirty
0 pages writeback
246 pages mapped
443 pages slab
27 pages pagetables
Out of Memory: Kill process 108 (bash) score 74 and children.
Out of memory: Killed process 144 (bash).
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