Re: modify_ldt returning ENOMEM on highmem

From: Holger Lubitz (h.lubitz@internet-factory.de)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 09:19:34 EST


Leigh Orf proclaimed:
> Do you have an NTFS disk mounted? I had a similar problem which was
> "fixed" by not having an NTFS vol mounted. Apparently the ntfs code
> makes a lot of calls to vmalloc which leads to badness.

Yes, I have. I'll try not mounting it. Which would be a better
workaround than disabling 1/8 of my RAM.
The funny thing is just - why does it work fine with up to 896 MB, but
gives ENOMEM with _more_ RAM?

Holger
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