Andrew Morton wrote: > We have a candidate fix at > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.16-rc5/2.6.16-rc5-mm2/broken-out/x86_64-mm-blk-bounce.patch. > Could you test that? (and don't alter the Cc: list!). The patch is > against 2.6.16-rc5. Thanks! I'll test it in a few hours, after a short "barbaric" test inspired (perhaps naively) by those call traces: running with a 2.6.15.4 without SCSI cd-rom support (with multiple Gaussian processes, no oom-killings until now (3 hours)). Best regards J Esteves