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Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 07:54:05 -0700
From: "Martin J. Bligh" <Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com>
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To: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy@karlsbakk.net>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.4 VM sucks. Again
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> PROBLEM:
> ----------------------
> Starting up 30 downloads from a custom HTTP server (or Tux - or Apache - 
> doesn't matter), file size is 3-6GB, download speed = ~4.5Mbps. After some 
> time the kernel (a) goes bOOM (out of memory) if not having any swap, or (b) 
> goes gong swapping out anything it can.

How much RAM do you have, and what does /proc/meminfo
and /proc/slabinfo say just before the explosion point?

M.