Re: [URGENT ASSISTANCE REQUESTED] production machines dying
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 25 Nov 1997 00:07:40 +0000 (GMT)
> Linux 2.1.[456]x have been known to hang when the slab
> system tries to allocate an 8kb piece of memory when
> the memory is so badly fragmented that there are only
> 1-page pieces available...
Not with atomic allocations. You can get bad NFS hangs but thats "just"
deadlocks and not the same thing