page allocation failed in 2.4.24

[Mike Gabriel]

hi there,

can anyone tell me what these messages mean? running linux-2.4.24 on asus 
p4p800 deluxe.

Jan 31 02:38:02 galileo kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed 
(gfp=0xf0/0)
Jan 31 02:38:02 galileo kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed 
(gfp=0x1d2/0)
Jan 31 02:38:02 galileo kernel: VM: killing process slapd
Jan 31 02:38:50 galileo kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed 
(gfp=0xf0/0)
Jan 31 02:38:50 galileo kernel: ENOMEM in journal_get_undo_access_R9add2900, 
retrying.
Jan 31 02:38:53 galileo kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed 
(gfp=0xf0/0)
Jan 31 02:39:19 galileo last message repeated 3 times
Jan 31 02:39:25 galileo kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed 
(gfp=0x1d2/0)
Jan 31 02:39:25 galileo kernel: VM: killing process sshd
Jan 31 02:39:25 galileo kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed 
(gfp=0x1d2/0)
Jan 31 02:39:25 galileo kernel: VM: killing process sshd

I get plenty of them during copying (cp -av <source> <dest>) a huge amount of 
data, which is densely filled with hard links from one raid to another... the 
cp command runs in a screen session. on huge directories, it starts blasting 
other processes from the system (sshd, nmbd, spong-client, etc.)

any ideas?
mike



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