Hello, I've got an OOM killed rsyslogd where I'm wondering why the oom killer got involved at all. Looking at the verbose output it looks to me like there is a lot of swap space and also a lot of reclaimable slab. Any idea why this happened? Thanks! [18132.475583] blast invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x201da, order=0, oom_adj=0, oom_score_adj=0 [18132.475612] blast cpuset=/ mems_allowed=0 [18132.475616] CPU: 7 Not tainted 2.6.36-45.x.20101028-s390xdefault #1 [18132.475619] Process blast (pid: 8067, task: 000000007a244640, ksp: 000000003dc8f678) [18132.475623] 000000003dc8f888 000000003dc8f808 0000000000000002 0000000000000000 [18132.475628] 000000003dc8f8a8 000000003dc8f820 000000003dc8f820 000000000055ee3e [18132.475634] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000201da [18132.475640] 000000000000000d 000000000000000c 000000003dc8f870 0000000000000000 [18132.475646] 0000000000000000 0000000000100afa 000000003dc8f808 000000003dc8f848 [18132.475653] Call Trace: [18132.475655] ([<0000000000100a02>] show_trace+0xee/0x144) [18132.475662] [<00000000001d73d0>] dump_header+0x98/0x298 [18132.475669] [<00000000001d7a26>] oom_kill_process+0xb6/0x224 [18132.475672] [<00000000001d7f26>] out_of_memory+0x10e/0x23c [18132.475676] [<00000000001ddb80>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x9a4/0xa50 [18132.475680] [<00000000001e0588>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0x1a4/0x334 [18132.475685] [<00000000001e0758>] ra_submit+0x40/0x54 [18132.475688] [<00000000001d542a>] filemap_fault+0x45a/0x48c [18132.475692] [<00000000001f2a0e>] __do_fault+0x7e/0x5e8 [18132.475696] [<00000000001f5fc2>] handle_mm_fault+0x24a/0xaa8 [18132.475700] [<00000000005656e2>] do_dat_exception+0x14e/0x3c8 [18132.475705] [<0000000000114b38>] pgm_exit+0x0/0x14 [18132.475710] [<0000000080011132>] 0x80011132 [18132.475717] 2 locks held by blast/8067: [18132.475719] #0: (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [<0000000000565672>] do_dat_exception+0xde/0x3c8 [18132.475726] #1: (tasklist_lock){.+.+..}, at: [<00000000001d7ebe>] out_of_memory+0xa6/0x23c [18132.475734] Mem-Info: [18132.475736] DMA per-cpu: [18132.475738] CPU 6: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 0 [18132.475741] CPU 7: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 45 [18132.475744] CPU 8: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 0 [18132.475746] CPU 9: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 0 [18132.475750] active_anon:29 inactive_anon:13 isolated_anon:25 [18132.475751] active_file:11 inactive_file:30 isolated_file:52 [18132.475752] unevictable:1113 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0 [18132.475753] free:1404 slab_reclaimable:444597 slab_unreclaimable:47097 [18132.475753] mapped:921 shmem:0 pagetables:558 bounce:0 [18132.475762] DMA free:5616kB min:5752kB low:7188kB high:8628kB active_anon:116kB inactive_anon:52kB active_file:44kB inactive_file:120kB unevictable:4452kB isolated(anon):100kB isolated(file):208kB present:2068480kB mlocked:4452kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB mapped:3684kB shmem:0kB slab_reclaimable:1778388kB slab_unreclaimable:188388kB kernel_stack:4016kB pagetables:2232kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:542 all_unreclaimable? yes [18132.475771] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 [18132.475776] DMA: 1134*4kB 0*8kB 3*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB = 5704kB [18132.475794] 1083 total pagecache pages [18132.475796] 44 pages in swap cache [18132.475799] Swap cache stats: add 432029, delete 431985, find 927716/947315 [18132.475801] Free swap = 7029052kB [18132.475803] Total swap = 7212140kB [18132.487992] 524288 pages RAM [18132.487995] 18890 pages reserved [18132.488026] 8609 pages shared [18132.488028] 500207 pages non-shared [18132.488030] [ pid ] uid tgid total_vm rss cpu oom_adj oom_score_adj name [18132.488039] [ 160] 0 160 787 114 7 -17 -1000 udevd [18132.488044] [ 588] 0 588 56133 151 6 0 0 rsyslogd [18132.488049] [ 598] 32 598 717 122 7 0 0 rpcbind [18132.488054] [ 610] 29 610 737 167 7 0 0 rpc.statd [18132.488059] [ 642] 0 642 788 64 10 0 0 rpc.idmapd [18132.488064] [ 653] 81 653 824 94 6 0 0 dbus-daemon [18132.488069] [ 671] 0 671 66640 1115 10 -16 -941 multipathd [18132.488074] [ 695] 68 695 6703 188 9 0 0 hald [18132.488079] [ 696] 0 696 1079 136 1 0 0 hald-runner [18132.488084] [ 718] 0 718 1879 118 9 -17 -1000 sshd [18132.488089] [ 725] 0 725 1022 155 1 0 0 xinetd [18132.488094] [ 735] 0 735 1859 46 10 0 0 vsftpd [18132.488098] [ 750] 0 750 3216 98 7 0 0 sendmail [18132.488103] [ 758] 51 758 2762 95 9 0 0 sendmail [18132.488108] [ 766] 0 766 1048 143 7 0 0 crond [18132.488113] [ 776] 43 776 1170 154 7 0 0 xfs [18132.488118] [ 786] 0 786 819 77 7 0 0 atd [18132.488122] [ 802] 0 802 557 135 1 0 0 agetty [18132.488127] [ 805] 0 805 557 135 1 0 0 agetty [18132.488132] [ 8057] 0 8057 973 129 7 0 0 screen [18132.488137] [ 8064] 0 8064 113629 186 7 0 0 blast [18132.488142] [ 8169] 0 8169 854 161 8 0 0 enhanced_node_a [18132.488147] [ 8323] 0 8323 886 160 0 0 0 start_stress.sh [18132.488152] [ 8341] 0 8341 691 109 10 0 0 stress [18132.488157] [ 8345] 0 8345 691 24 9 0 0 stress [18132.488161] [ 8346] 0 8346 691 23 7 0 0 stress [18132.488166] [ 8348] 0 8348 131764 46 6 0 0 stress [18132.488171] [ 8349] 0 8349 691 24 7 0 0 stress [18132.488176] [ 8350] 0 8350 691 24 6 0 0 stress [18132.488181] [ 8351] 0 8351 691 24 6 0 0 stress [18132.488186] [ 8352] 0 8352 691 24 6 0 0 stress [18132.488190] [ 8353] 0 8353 691 24 6 0 0 stress [18132.488195] [ 8354] 0 8354 691 24 6 0 0 stress [18132.488199] [ 8355] 0 8355 691 24 6 0 0 stress [18132.488205] [ 8356] 0 8356 691 24 6 0 0 stress [18132.488209] [ 8357] 0 8357 691 24 6 0 0 stress [18132.488214] [ 8359] 0 8359 691 24 6 0 0 stress [18132.488219] [ 8360] 0 8360 691 24 8 0 0 stress [18132.488224] [ 8361] 0 8361 691 28 7 0 0 stress [18132.488228] [ 8362] 0 8362 691 24 8 0 0 stress [18132.488233] [ 8363] 0 8363 691 26 7 0 0 stress [18132.488238] [ 8364] 0 8364 691 25 7 0 0 stress [18132.488242] [ 8365] 0 8365 691 25 7 0 0 stress [18132.488247] [ 8366] 0 8366 691 25 7 0 0 stress [18132.488252] [ 8368] 0 8368 691 24 8 0 0 stress [18132.488257] [ 8369] 0 8369 691 24 8 0 0 stress [18132.488261] [ 8370] 0 8370 691 24 7 0 0 stress [18132.488266] [ 8371] 0 8371 691 25 7 0 0 stress [18132.488271] [ 8372] 0 8372 691 24 8 0 0 stress [18132.488276] [ 8373] 0 8373 691 28 7 0 0 stress [18132.488281] [ 8379] 0 8379 2630 232 2 0 0 sshd [18132.488285] [ 8387] 0 8387 853 164 7 0 0 bash [18132.488290] [ 8400] 0 8400 555 105 6 0 0 sleep [18132.488295] [ 8401] 0 8401 854 160 7 0 0 runque.sh [18132.488300] [ 8414] 0 8414 854 166 4 0 0 my_cpu_on_off_a [18132.488305] [ 8473] 0 8473 854 160 7 0 0 dmesg.sh [18132.488309] [21045] 0 21045 2639 233 11 0 0 sshd [18132.488314] [21419] 0 21419 904 201 9 0 0 bash [18132.488320] [ 9888] 0 9888 855 165 9 0 0 cpu_all_off_HB. [18132.488326] [ 9962] 0 9962 786 77 3 -17 -1000 udevd [18132.488331] [ 9992] 0 9992 786 63 2 -17 -1000 udevd [18132.488336] [10127] 0 10127 936 176 9 -17 -1000 kdump [18132.488341] [10148] 0 10148 936 2 9 -17 -1000 kdump [18132.488346] [10149] 0 10149 1130 157 7 0 0 crond [18132.488351] [10156] 0 10156 569 146 7 0 0 sadc [18132.488355] [10182] 0 10182 778 133 7 0 0 ps [18132.488360] [10183] 0 10183 578 116 7 0 0 egrep [18132.488365] [10184] 0 10184 1130 158 7 0 0 crond [18132.488369] [10191] 0 10191 569 146 7 0 0 sadc [18132.488374] [10193] 0 10193 1130 157 7 0 0 crond [18132.488379] [10200] 0 10200 569 146 7 0 0 sadc [18132.488385] [10210] 0 10210 1130 157 7 0 0 crond [18132.488389] [10217] 0 10217 569 146 7 0 0 sadc [18132.488394] [10220] 0 10220 1130 157 7 0 0 crond [18132.488399] [10227] 0 10227 569 146 7 0 0 sadc [18132.488404] [10232] 0 10232 555 105 7 0 0 sleep [18132.488408] Out of memory: Kill process 588 (rsyslogd) score 1 or sacrifice child [18132.488412] Killed process 588 (rsyslogd) total-vm:224532kB, anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:604kB -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . 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