2.2.16 locked up (VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ... )

From: Ben Greear (greearb@candelatech.com)
Date: Sun Jul 09 2000 - 16:23:17 EST


The cable network has been flaky all afternoon, and I was trying
to do a reload on Netscape (memory hog too). Anyway, basically,
the whole machine froze so bad that ctrl-alt-backspace wouldn't
get me out of X. Couldn't telnet in either... I waited 10+ minutes
to no avail.

During this time, the HD would grind hard for about 20 seconds, every 30
seconds or so, like it was trying to swap or something. Then, it would
go completely quiet.

 I have 128MB of RAM, and 125MB (or so) of Swap. The
machine is usually using about half it's swap, but if a program goes
bezerk (Netscape??), it could easily use all available memory & swap.
That doesn't really explain what happened though, I hope!

Here are the logs starting before it screws up, and running through after
the power-cycle and into the boot sequence. I'm not sure what else
might help debug this..please ask if there is some info you'd like.

Jul 9 12:40:11 grok inetd[646]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
Jul 9 12:42:37 grok named[632]: Cleaned cache of 163 RRsets
Jul 9 12:42:37 grok named[632]: USAGE 963171757 962488810 CPU=7.99u/2.82s CHILDCPU=0u/0s
Jul 9 12:42:37 grok named[632]: NSTATS 963171757 962488810 A=12434 PTR=126 MX=338 TXT=1 ANY=2814
Jul 9 12:42:37 grok named[632]: XSTATS 963171757 962488810 RR=4548 RNXD=294 RFwdR=3309 RDupR=16 RFail=6 RFErr=0 RErr=0 RAXFR=0 RLame=21 ROpts
=0 SSysQ=986 SAns=12937 SFwdQ=2798 SDupQ=724 SErr=1 RQ=15713 RIQ=1 RFwdQ=0 RDupQ=93 RTCP=0 SFwdR=3309 SFail=0 SFErr=0 SNaAns=12928 SNXD=338
Jul 9 12:43:46 grok kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=17 24.9.112.194:138 24.9.113.255:138 L=237 S=0x00 I=10176 F=0x0000 T=64 (#12)
Jul 9 12:43:46 grok kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=17 24.9.112.194:138 24.9.113.255:138 L=233 S=0x00 I=10177 F=0x0000 T=64 (#12)
Jul 9 12:50:11 grok inetd[646]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
Jul 9 12:54:59 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for init...
Jul 9 12:55:00 grok last message repeated 4 times
Jul 9 12:55:00 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for dhcpd...
Jul 9 12:55:01 grok last message repeated 16 times
Jul 9 12:55:01 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd...
Jul 9 12:55:01 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for sendmail...
Jul 9 12:55:03 grok last message repeated 16 times
Jul 9 12:55:03 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for syslogd...
Jul 9 12:55:03 grok last message repeated 7 times
Jul 9 12:55:03 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for klogd...
Jul 9 12:55:04 grok last message repeated 15 times
Jul 9 12:55:04 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for btserver...
Jul 9 12:55:05 grok last message repeated 12 times
Jul 9 12:55:05 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for httpd...
Jul 9 12:55:05 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for identd...
Jul 9 12:55:05 grok last message repeated 2 times
Jul 9 12:55:05 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for crond...
Jul 9 12:55:05 grok last message repeated 3 times
Jul 9 12:55:05 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for wmclock...
Jul 9 12:55:07 grok last message repeated 10 times
Jul 9 12:55:07 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for gpm...
Jul 9 12:55:08 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for nmbd...
Jul 9 12:55:09 grok last message repeated 13 times
Jul 9 12:55:09 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for cdplayer_applet...
Jul 9 12:55:09 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for java...
Jul 9 12:55:09 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for named...
Jul 9 12:55:09 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for X...
Jul 9 12:55:09 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for java...
Jul 9 12:55:09 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for panel...
Jul 9 12:55:59 grok kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=17 24.9.112.194:138 24.9.113.255:138 L=237 S=0x00 I=10476 F=0x0000 T=64 (#12)
Jul 9 12:56:00 grok kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=17 24.9.112.194:138 24.9.113.255:138 L=233 S=0x00 I=10477 F=0x0000 T=64 (#12)
Jul 9 12:58:45 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for xterm...
Jul 9 13:00:01 grok last message repeated 7 times
Jul 9 13:00:01 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for init...
Jul 9 13:00:01 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for init...
Jul 9 13:00:12 grok last message repeated 7 times
Jul 9 13:00:12 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for klogd...
Jul 9 13:00:12 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for klogd...
Jul 9 13:00:14 grok inetd[646]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
Jul 9 13:01:43 grok inetd[646]: pid 19630: exit signal 11
Jul 9 13:00:12 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for klogd...
Jul 9 13:01:48 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for klogd...
Jul 9 13:02:46 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for klogd...
Jul 9 13:02:46 grok last message repeated 3 times
Jul 9 13:02:46 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for dhcpd...
Jul 9 13:03:17 grok last message repeated 5 times
Jul 9 13:05:48 grok inetd[646]: pid 19638: exit signal 11
Jul 9 13:03:53 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for dhcpd...
Jul 9 13:06:27 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for dhcpd...
Jul 9 13:06:27 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for java...
Jul 9 13:06:27 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for nmbd...
Jul 9 13:07:36 grok last message repeated 12 times
Jul 9 13:07:39 grok last message repeated 4 times
Jul 9 13:07:39 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for sendmail...
Jul 9 13:07:49 grok last message repeated 16 times
Jul 9 13:07:49 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for crond...
Jul 9 13:07:54 grok last message repeated 15 times
Jul 9 13:07:54 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for led for fetchmail...
Jul 9 13:07:54 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for fetchmail...
Jul 9 13:07:55 grok last message repeated 11 times
Jul 9 13:07:56 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for wmclock...
Jul 9 13:07:57 grok last message repeated 15 times
Jul 9 13:07:57 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for identd...
Jul 9 13:07:59 grok last message repeated 13 times
Jul 9 13:07:59 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for gpm...
Jul 9 13:08:00 grok last message repeated 14 times
Jul 9 13:08:00 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for nmbd...
Jul 9 13:08:00 grok last message repeated 5 times
Jul 9 13:08:00 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for cdplayer_applet...
Jul 9 13:08:00 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for syslogd...
Jul 9 13:08:25 grok last message repeated 15 times
Jul 9 13:08:25 grok kernel: Unable to load interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Jul 9 13:08:25 grok kernel: Unable to load interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Jul 9 13:08:25 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for klogd...
Jul 9 13:08:25 grok last message repeated 8 times
Jul 9 13:08:25 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for dhcpd...
Jul 9 13:09:23 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for dhcpd...
Jul 9 13:09:40 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for dhcpd...
Jul 9 13:12:58 grok last message repeated 11 times
Jul 9 13:13:05 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for crond...
Jul 9 13:13:06 grok last message repeated 3 times
Jul 9 13:13:06 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for httpd...
Jul 9 13:13:06 grok kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for java...
Jul 9 13:13:06 grok last message repeated 6 times
Jul 9 13:13:04 grok inetd[646]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: klogd 1.3-3, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok syslog: klogd startup succeeded
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: Symbol table has incorrect version number.
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: Cannot find map file.
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: Loaded 110 symbols from 6 modules.
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: Linux version 2.2.16 (greear@grok.yi.org) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Thu J
un 29 22:13:41 MST 2000
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: Detected 451027 kHz processor.
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 897.84 BogoMIPS
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: Memory: 123948k/126976k available (1048k kernel code, 412k reserved, 1504k data, 64k init)
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: Dentry hash table entries: 16384 (order 5, 128k)
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: Buffer cache hash table entries: 131072 (order 7, 512k)
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: Page cache hash table entries: 32768 (order 5, 128k)
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: CPU: L1 I Cache: 32K L1 D Cache: 32K
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: CPU: L2 Cache: 256K
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: CPU: AMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D+ Processor stepping 01
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
Jul 9 13:23:58 grok kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
....

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Ben Greear (greearb@candelatech.com)  http://www.candelatech.com
Author of ScryMUD:  scry.wanfear.com 4444        (Released under GPL)
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