Nvm on my last comment( I am half asleep) . Are you running a firewall on the system or an IDS/IPS? On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:09 AM, Dustin Larmeir <dustin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What does your current free memory look like on the system? It sounds like > your simply resource starved - Dustin > > > On 07/12/2010 12:14 AM, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > >> Over the last few days I have noticed that the out of memory killer task >> keeps getting executed on my RHEL 5.4 system >> >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Mem-info: >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Node 0 DMA per-cpu: >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: cpu 0 hot: high 0, batch 1 used:0 >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: cpu 0 cold: high 0, batch 1 used:0 >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: cpu 1 hot: high 0, batch 1 used:0 >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: cpu 1 cold: high 0, batch 1 used:0 >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Node 0 DMA32 per-cpu: >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: cpu 0 hot: high 186, batch 31 used:180 >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: cpu 0 cold: high 62, batch 15 used:38 >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: cpu 1 hot: high 186, batch 31 used:168 >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: cpu 1 cold: high 62, batch 15 used:15 >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Node 0 Normal per-cpu: empty >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Node 0 HighMem per-cpu: empty >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Free pages: 7652kB (0kB HighMem) >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Active:133974 inactive:353502 dirty:2 >> writeback:0 unstable:0 free:1913 slab:9969 mapped-file:538 >> mapped-anon:487532 pagetables:7514 >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Node 0 DMA free:1976kB min:28kB low:32kB >> high:40kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:10520kB pages_scanned:0 >> all_unreclaimable? yes >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 2002 2002 2002 >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Node 0 DMA32 free:5676kB min:5708kB >> low:7132kB high:8560kB active:535896kB inactive:1414008kB >> present:2050848kB >> pages_scanned:5262216 all_unreclaimable? yes >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0 >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Node 0 Normal free:0kB min:0kB low:0kB >> high:0kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0 >> all_unreclaimable? no >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0 >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Node 0 HighMem free:0kB min:128kB >> low:128kB >> high:128kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0 >> all_unreclaimable? no >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0 >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Node 0 DMA: 4*4kB 7*8kB 3*16kB 4*32kB >> 5*64kB >> 1*128kB 1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1976kB >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Node 0 DMA32: 1151*4kB 0*8kB 1*16kB 1*32kB >> 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 5676kB >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Node 0 Normal: empty >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Node 0 HighMem: empty >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: 1284 pagecache pages >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Swap cache: add 1166071, delete 1165884, >> find 72770/87468, race 0+69 >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Free swap = 0kB >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Total swap = 2031608kB >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Free swap: 0kB >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: 523914 pages of RAM >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: 9408 reserved pages >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: 15073 pages shared >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: 187 pages swap cached >> Jul 11 18:31:00 truckin kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 29111, UID >> 500, (gnome-panel). >> Jul 11 18:31:38 truckin gconfd (pgaltieri-29082): Resolved address >> "xml:readwrite:/home/pgaltieri/.gconf" to a writable configuration source >> at >> position 0 >> Jul 11 18:39:14 truckin kernel: Xorg invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, >> order=0, oomkilladj=0 >> Jul 11 18:39:14 truckin kernel: >> Jul 11 18:39:14 truckin kernel: Call Trace: >> Jul 11 18:39:14 truckin kernel: [<ffffffff800c7161>] >> out_of_memory+0x8e/0x2f3 >> Jul 11 18:39:14 truckin kernel: [<ffffffff8000f4b1>] >> __alloc_pages+0x27f/0x308 >> Jul 11 18:39:14 truckin kernel: [<ffffffff8002e105>] __wake_up+0x38/0x4f >> Jul 11 18:39:14 truckin kernel: [<ffffffff8003c4b1>] >> __get_free_pages+0xe/0x71 >> Jul 11 18:39:14 truckin kernel: [<ffffffff8001eb0b>] __pollwait+0x58/0xe2 >> Jul 11 18:39:14 truckin kernel: [<ffffffff80030236>] unix_poll+0x18/0x99 >> Jul 11 18:39:14 truckin kernel: [<ffffffff80011880>] >> do_select+0x287/0x462 >> Jul 11 18:39:14 truckin kernel: [<ffffffff8001eab3>] __pollwait+0x0/0xe2 >> Jul 11 18:39:14 truckin kernel: [<ffffffff8008cfa1>] >> default_wake_function+0x0/0xe >> Jul 11 18:39:28 truckin last message repeated 9 times >> Jul 11 18:39:28 truckin kernel: [<ffffffff800e91de>] >> core_sys_select+0x1bc/0x265 >> Jul 11 18:39:28 truckin kernel: [<ffffffff8000ce26>] >> do_sync_read+0xc7/0x104 >> Jul 11 18:39:28 truckin kernel: [<ffffffff800e06f4>] >> do_readv_writev+0x26e/0x291 >> Jul 11 18:39:28 truckin kernel: [<ffffffff80043aad>] >> sys_rt_sigreturn+0x323/0x356 >> Jul 11 18:39:28 truckin kernel: [<ffffffff80016854>] >> sys_select+0xc1/0x17c >> Jul 11 18:39:28 truckin kernel: [<ffffffff8005d28d>] tracesys+0xd5/0xe0 >> Jul 11 18:39:28 truckin kernel: >> >> There are lots of similar backtraces in /var/log/messages. My system: >> >> [root@truckin ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo >> processor : 0 >> vendor_id : GenuineIntel >> cpu family : 15 >> model : 4 >> model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.20GHz >> stepping : 4 >> cpu MHz : 3192.161 >> cache size : 1024 KB >> fpu : yes >> fpu_exception : yes >> cpuid level : 3 >> wp : yes >> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca >> cmov >> pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall lm >> constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est cid cx16 xtpr >> bogomips : 6384.32 >> clflush size : 64 >> cache_alignment : 128 >> address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual >> power management: >> >> processor : 1 >> vendor_id : GenuineIntel >> cpu family : 15 >> model : 4 >> model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.20GHz >> stepping : 4 >> cpu MHz : 3192.161 >> cache size : 1024 KB >> physical id : 0 >> siblings : 2 >> core id : 1 >> cpu cores : 2 >> apicid : 1 >> fpu : yes >> fpu_exception : yes >> cpuid level : 5 >> wp : yes >> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca >> cmov >> pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall lm >> constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est cid cx16 xtpr >> bogomips : 6384.23 >> clflush size : 64 >> cache_alignment : 128 >> address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual >> power management: >> >> [root@truckin ~]# cat /proc/meminfo >> MemTotal: 2058024 kB >> MemFree: 546028 kB >> Buffers: 26840 kB >> Cached: 1322780 kB >> SwapCached: 20704 kB >> Active: 332964 kB >> Inactive: 1087384 kB >> HighTotal: 0 kB >> HighFree: 0 kB >> LowTotal: 2058024 kB >> LowFree: 546028 kB >> SwapTotal: 2031608 kB >> SwapFree: 1947144 kB >> Dirty: 3292 kB >> Writeback: 0 kB >> AnonPages: 64512 kB >> Mapped: 17488 kB >> Slab: 59896 kB >> PageTables: 9112 kB >> NFS_Unstable: 0 kB >> Bounce: 0 kB >> CommitLimit: 3060620 kB >> Committed_AS: 420348 kB >> VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB >> VmallocUsed: 264208 kB >> VmallocChunk: 34359473583 kB >> HugePages_Total: 0 >> HugePages_Free: 0 >> HugePages_Rsvd: 0 >> Hugepagesize: 2048 kB >> >> During the time that I've noticed this I have been trying to download one >> of >> the iso images for RHEL6.0 Beta. I've tried using firefox to download the >> image as well as wget. I will start the download and come back sometime >> later and discover that I've been logged out. I have also observed that >> running firefox 3.6.4 (firefox-3.6.4-8) will sometimes cause my X session >> to >> freeze up requiring me to login from another system and kill the X server >> in >> order to use it again. This is a problem that I have only recently >> observed. >> >> Another thing I have noticed is that quite often while doing the download >> the destination file will stop getting updated. The time stamp of the >> file >> will not change and the file size will not update even though when I run >> wireshark it shows the connection to ftp.redhat.com is still live and >> packets are being received and the sequence number in the packets are >> changing which implies data is arriving but not going to the file. >> >> I have been trying to download the RHEL 6 Beta iso images since last >> Thursday onto my RHEL 5.4 system and have not succeeded yet. >> >> Has anyone else seen this issue while trying to download a large file? >> >> Any help in trying to determine the cause and if possible a solution to >> the >> problem is greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> Paolo >> >> > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list