Re: kernel: VM

Ville Herva (vherva@mail.niksula.cs.hut.fi)
Mon, 23 Apr 2001 17:33:30 +0300

On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 05:52:37AM +0000, you [Subba Rao] claimed:
> Hi,
>
> I have seen several of these messages in my kernel log this morning. The system

What kernel version.

> responded to ping but won't allow me to login. What is VM?

Virtual memory subsystem in Linux kernel.

> What causes these errors and how can I prevent it from happening again?

A VM bug.

If you are running older 2.2, upgrade to 2.2.19. The bug was fixed by Andrea
Arcangeli around 2.2.19pre something.

Also, please search the mailing list archives before asking:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&w=2&r=1&s=try+free+pages+2.2+failed&q=b

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