Re: Memory management problem with 2.6.0

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sat Dec 27 2003 - 22:42:39 EST


caszonyi@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> I have a small script:
> #!/bin/sh
> umount /mnt/cdrom
> eject /dev/hdb
> echo "Invalid system disk"
> echo "Insert and press any key when ready"
> read junk
> eject -t /dev/hdb
> sleep 1
> mount /mnt/cdrom
> /usr/sbin/hdparm -E 10 /dev/hdb
>
> It works all the time but today gave me this:
>
> sony@grinch -19:06:39- 0 jobs, ver 2.05b.0 1
> /~ $ cdin
> umount: /mnt/cdrom is not mounted (according to mtab)
> eject: unable to find or open device for: `/dev/hdb'
> Invalid system disk
> Insert and press any key when ready
>
> eject: unable to find or open device for: `/dev/hdb'
> mount: Cannot allocate memory
> /dev/hdb: Cannot allocate memory
>
> The permissions on the device are
>
> sony@grinch -19:07:54- 0 jobs, ver 2.05b.0 1
> /~ $ ls -l /dev/hdb
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 64 iun 9 2002 /dev/hdb
>
> In the logs I had:
> Dec 27 19:06:16 grinch kernel: eject: page allocation failure. order:4,
> mode:0xd0

Please, try

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.0/2.6.0-mm1/broken-out/cdrom-allocation-try-harder.patch

and let me know?
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