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Re: update re: fork() failures in 2.1.101



[CC-ed to linux-mm, and it should stay that way...]

On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Paul Kimoto wrote:

> For completeness, here is the fragmentation report for each:
> > Jun 18 01:24:48   ( 48*4kB 7*8kB 1*16kB 1*32kB 4*64kB 1*128kB = 680kB)
> > Jun 18 18:03:53   ( 1*4kB 28*8kB 39*16kB 2*32kB 1*64kB 1*128kB = 1108kB)

Damn, this looks near-perfect for normal system load...
I really don't understand what's wrong.

> If you have other suggestions for things to try, with the reduction in
> memory (from 48 MB) the problems seem to arise in about half the time.

I wonder what kind of software / networking app you are using,
and what memory usage those programs have...

Rik.
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