> Hi... I have a question or two that would help me clear up a bit
> of the fuzz
> I have relating to the VM: do_try_to_free_pages issue.
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> About once a week I get the 'VM: do_try_to_free_pages ...' error and
> eventually get a complete system lockup. And just this morning it
> locked up
> again, although this time with a 'VFS: LRU block list corrupted'
> message in
> the logs, which i'm assuming is related to the VM issue as well.
This issue is fixed in 2.2.18 AFAIK (never seen it since).
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> My question is, exactly which kernel should I use in order to rid
> my server
> of this VM issue? I'm uncomfortable (and always have been) with
> running pre*
> kernels on production machines, so i'd like to stick with 2.2.18,
> but I would
> like to know if it truly does fix the problem(s) with the VM. If
> I need to,
> though, I will (hesitantly) put a 2.2.19pre* kernel on the box.
Latest 2.2.19-pre has merged in Andrea's VM-global patch, which in my
(some mirrors lack this, so skipping the countrycode could be wise)
The latest 2.2.18 pre-version of this patch applied cleanly on my 2.2.18
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experience makes life much easier on loaded servers. This patch is also
available as a 2.2.18-patch at
ftp://ftp.
2.18/VM-global-2.2.18pre25-7.bz2
final, and I've had no problems with it to date (as it's essentially the
same kernel, with just the version number bumped).
--
Andre. Alfred?