Re: [PLUG] WTF is this error?

[Mike Cramer <cramer@webkist.com>]

ian reinhart geiser wrote:
> Okay I have never seen this error before:
> __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
> VM: killing process cc1plus
> __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1f0/0)
> __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
> __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
> VM: killing process cc1plus
>
> I just ran memory tests and they both checked out over the course of 8 hours 
> of burn testing.  It only seems to happen under heavy loads, aka C++ 
> compiling, but what I do not get is what this error means.  Could my swap be 
> corrupt?

I ran into those messages in some of the 2.4.8 or so era kernels. Are 
you running with HIGHMEM turned on?


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