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RE: [Xen-devel] dom0 oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1d

To: "Ted Kaczmarek" <tedkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] dom0 oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1d
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:19:05 +0100
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> > It looks like the slabcache it dom0 is over 100MB, so 
> having the ouput 
> > of /proc/slabinfo would be interesting when the machine is in this 
> > state. It might be good to look at this overtime and see if 

> Anything specific in slabinfo to look for ? 

Look for an object type with an abnormally large number of objects in it
(e.g. where size*num > 40MB). In particularly, keep an eye out for an
object type which seems to grow steadily over time.

Ian

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