[oclug] Kernel log messages

[Vic Gedris]

Does anyone know what these log messages mean, or why they are
happening?

Jan 20 13:07:34 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
kswapd... 
Jan 20 13:09:29 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
kswapd... 
Jan 20 13:10:01 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
syslogd... 
Jan 20 13:10:13 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for gpm... 
Jan 20 13:10:38 pogo last message repeated 16 times
Jan 20 13:10:38 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for pppd... 
Jan 20 13:10:38 pogo last message repeated 7 times
Jan 20 13:10:38 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for tail... 
Jan 20 13:10:38 pogo last message repeated 5 times
Jan 20 13:10:38 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
httpd... 
Jan 20 13:10:39 pogo last message repeated 9 times
Jan 20 13:10:39 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
identd... 
Jan 20 13:10:39 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
pppoe... 
Jan 20 13:10:39 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for tail... 
Jan 20 13:10:40 pogo last message repeated 14 times
Jan 20 13:10:40 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
klogd... 
Jan 20 13:10:40 pogo last message repeated 4 times
Jan 20 13:10:40 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for init... 
Jan 20 13:10:40 pogo last message repeated 11 times
Jan 20 13:10:41 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
icewm... 
Jan 20 13:10:41 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for X... 
Jan 20 13:10:41 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
syslogd... 
Jan 20 13:10:41 pogo last message repeated 15 times
Jan 20 13:10:41 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
xscreensaver... 
Jan 20 13:10:42 pogo last message repeated 15 times
Jan 20 13:10:42 pogo kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for X...

I have enough free memory:
[root at pogo /root]# cat /proc/meminfo 
        total:    used:    free:  shared: buffers:  cached:
Mem:  48377856 26607616 21770240  6090752  1171456 12533760
Swap: 131563520 19001344 112562176
MemTotal:     47244 kB
MemFree:      21260 kB
MemShared:     5948 kB
Buffers:       1144 kB
Cached:       12240 kB
SwapTotal:   128480 kB
SwapFree:    109924 kB

I noticed quite a bit of hard drive activity just as these log entries
were being made.

Cheers,
Vic


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