Re: UPDATE: out of vmalloc space - but vmalloc parameter does not allow boot

[Roland Kuhn]

Hi Ranko!

On Apr 4, 2005, at 4:36 PM, Ranko Zivojnovic wrote:

> (please do CC replies as I am still not on the list)
>
> As I am kind of pressured to resolve this issue, I've set up a test
> environment using VMWare in order to reproduce the problem and
> (un)fortunately the attempt was successful.
>
> I have noticed a few points that relate to the size of the physical RAM
> and the behavior vmalloc. As I am not sure if this is by design or a
> bug, so please someone enlighten me:
>
> The strange thing I have seen is that with the increase of the physical
> RAM, the VmallocTotal in the /proc/meminfo gets smaller! Is this how it
> is supposed to be?
Well, I'm by no means a VM expert (not even a regular kernel hacker), 
but it seems to me that the sum of LowTotal and VmallocTotal is rather 
constant for the different settings. Alas, I cannot offer an 
explanation why this should be, so hopefully a knowledgeable person 
will shed some light on this issue.

Ciao,
					Roland

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