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From: Marc MERLIN <marc@merlins.org>
To: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: 4.8.8 kernel trigger OOM killer repeatedly when I have lots of RAM that should be free
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 07:55:37 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161129155537.f6qgnfmnoljwnx6j@merlins.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161128072315.GC14788@dhcp22.suse.cz>

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 08:23:15AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> Marc, could you try this patch please? I think it should be pretty clear
> it should help you but running it through your use case would be more
> than welcome before I ask Greg to take this to the 4.8 stable tree.

I ran it overnight and copied 1.4TB with it before it failed because
there wasn't enough disk space on the other side, so I think it fixes
the problem too.

Marc
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From: Marc MERLIN <marc@merlins.org>
To: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: 4.8.8 kernel trigger OOM killer repeatedly when I have lots of RAM that should be free
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 07:55:37 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161129155537.f6qgnfmnoljwnx6j@merlins.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161128072315.GC14788@dhcp22.suse.cz>

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 08:23:15AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> Marc, could you try this patch please? I think it should be pretty clear
> it should help you but running it through your use case would be more
> than welcome before I ask Greg to take this to the 4.8 stable tree.

I ran it overnight and copied 1.4TB with it before it failed because
there wasn't enough disk space on the other side, so I think it fixes
the problem too.

Marc
-- 
"A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R.
Microsoft is to operating systems ....
                                      .... what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking
Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/                         | PGP 1024R/763BE901

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-11-29 15:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 113+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-21 15:43 4.8.8 kernel trigger OOM killer repeatedly when I have lots of RAM that should be free Marc MERLIN
2016-11-21 16:30 ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-21 21:50 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-11-21 21:50   ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-11-21 21:56   ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-21 21:56     ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-21 23:03     ` [PATCH] block,blkcg: use __GFP_NOWARN for best-effort allocations in blkcg Tejun Heo
2016-11-21 23:03       ` Tejun Heo
2016-11-22 15:47       ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-11-22 15:47         ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-11-22 16:48         ` Tejun Heo
2016-11-22 16:48           ` Tejun Heo
2016-11-22 22:13           ` Linus Torvalds
2016-11-22 22:13             ` Linus Torvalds
2016-11-23  8:50             ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-11-23  8:50               ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-11-28 17:19               ` Tejun Heo
2016-11-28 17:19                 ` Tejun Heo
2016-11-29  7:25                 ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-29  7:25                   ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-29 16:38                   ` Tejun Heo
2016-11-29 16:38                     ` Tejun Heo
2016-11-29 16:57                     ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-11-29 16:57                       ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-11-29 17:13                       ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-29 17:13                         ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-29 17:17                         ` Linus Torvalds
2016-11-29 17:17                           ` Linus Torvalds
2016-11-29 17:28                           ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-29 17:28                             ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-29 17:48                             ` Linus Torvalds
2016-11-29 17:48                               ` Linus Torvalds
2016-11-22 16:00       ` Jens Axboe
2016-11-22 16:00         ` Jens Axboe
2016-11-22 16:06     ` 4.8.8 kernel trigger OOM killer repeatedly when I have lots of RAM that should be free Marc MERLIN
2016-11-22 16:06       ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-22 16:14       ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-11-22 16:14         ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-11-22 16:25         ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-22 16:25           ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-22 16:47           ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-22 16:47             ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-22 16:38         ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2016-11-22 16:38           ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2016-11-29 16:25           ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-29 16:25             ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-29 16:25             ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-29 16:43             ` Patch "mm, oom: stop pre-mature high-order OOM killer invocations" has been added to the 4.8-stable tree gregkh
2016-11-29 16:43             ` 4.8.8 kernel trigger OOM killer repeatedly when I have lots of RAM that should be free Greg Kroah-Hartman
2016-11-29 16:43               ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2016-11-22 19:38         ` Linus Torvalds
2016-11-22 19:38           ` Linus Torvalds
2016-11-23  6:34           ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-23  6:34             ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-23  6:53             ` Hillf Danton
2016-11-23  6:53               ` Hillf Danton
2016-11-23  7:00               ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-23  7:00                 ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-23  9:18             ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-11-23  9:18               ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-11-28  7:23             ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-28  7:23               ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-28 20:55               ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-29 15:55               ` Marc MERLIN [this message]
2016-11-29 15:55                 ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-29 16:07                 ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-29 16:07                   ` Michal Hocko
2016-11-29 16:34                   ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-29 16:34                     ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-29 17:07                     ` Linus Torvalds
2016-11-29 17:07                       ` Linus Torvalds
2016-11-29 17:40                       ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-29 17:40                         ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-29 18:01                         ` Linus Torvalds
2016-11-29 18:01                           ` Linus Torvalds
2016-11-30 17:47                           ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-30 17:47                             ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-30 18:14                             ` Linus Torvalds
2016-11-30 18:21                               ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-30 18:21                                 ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-30 18:27                               ` Jens Axboe
2016-11-30 18:27                                 ` Jens Axboe
2016-11-30 20:30                               ` Tejun Heo
2016-11-30 20:30                                 ` Tejun Heo
2016-12-01 13:50                                 ` Kent Overstreet
2016-12-01 13:50                                   ` Kent Overstreet
2016-12-01 18:16                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2016-12-01 18:16                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2016-12-01 18:30                                     ` Jens Axboe
2016-12-01 18:30                                       ` Jens Axboe
2016-12-01 18:37                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2016-12-01 18:37                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2016-12-01 18:46                                         ` Jens Axboe
2016-12-01 18:46                                           ` Jens Axboe
2016-11-29 20:11                         ` Holger Hoffstätte
2016-11-29 23:01                         ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-29 23:01                           ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-30 13:58                           ` Tetsuo Handa
2016-11-30 13:58                             ` Tetsuo Handa
2017-05-02  4:12                           ` Marc MERLIN
2017-05-02  4:12                             ` Marc MERLIN
2017-05-02  7:44                             ` Michal Hocko
2017-05-02  7:44                               ` Michal Hocko
2017-05-02 14:15                               ` Marc MERLIN
2017-05-02 14:15                                 ` Marc MERLIN
2017-05-02 10:44                             ` Tetsuo Handa
2017-05-02 10:44                               ` Tetsuo Handa
2016-11-29 16:15               ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-29 16:15                 ` Marc MERLIN
2016-11-22 21:46         ` Simon Kirby
2016-11-22 21:46           ` Simon Kirby
2016-11-28  8:06           ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-11-28  8:06             ` Vlastimil Babka

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