I know knotify for using much memory but know my oom killer has done his job: knotify uses over 6 GB RAM!
[121586.470134] oom_kill_process: 45 callbacks suppressed
[121586.470138] kmix invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x201da, order=0, oom_adj=0, oom_score_adj=0
[121586.470141] kmix cpuset=/ mems_allowed=0
[121586.470144] Pid: 2374, comm: kmix Tainted: P WC 3.0.0-11-generic #17-Ubuntu
[121586.470146] Call Trace:
[121586.470154] [<ffffffff810b599d>] ? cpuset_print_task_mems_allowed+0x9d/0xb0
[121586.470159] [<ffffffff8110d531>] dump_header+0x91/0xe0
[121586.470162] [<ffffffff8110d895>] oom_kill_process+0x85/0xb0
[121586.470166] [<ffffffff8110dc3a>] out_of_memory+0xfa/0x250
[121586.470169] [<ffffffff811133ff>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x7df/0x7f0
[121586.470196] [<ffffffffa0cbcf10>] ? btrfs_read_locked_inode+0x410/0x410 [btrfs]
[121586.470200] [<ffffffff81148fd3>] alloc_pages_current+0xa3/0x110
[121586.470203] [<ffffffff8110a0cf>] __page_cache_alloc+0x8f/0xa0
[121586.470206] [<ffffffff8110a52e>] ? find_get_page+0x1e/0x90
[121586.470209] [<ffffffff8110c444>] filemap_fault+0x234/0x3e0
[121586.470213] [<ffffffff8115e06b>] ? mem_cgroup_update_page_stat+0x2b/0x110
[121586.470217] [<ffffffff8112be44>] __do_fault+0x54/0x510
[121586.470220] [<ffffffff8112f52a>] handle_pte_fault+0xfa/0x210
[121586.470224] [<ffffffff815f306e>] ? reschedule_interrupt+0xe/0x20
[121586.470226] [<ffffffff8112f9f8>] handle_mm_fault+0x1f8/0x350
[121586.470229] [<ffffffff81103400>] ? __perf_event_task_sched_out+0x30/0x60
[121586.470233] [<ffffffff815ed8d3>] do_page_fault+0x153/0x530
[121586.470237] [<ffffffff81009702>] ? __switch_to+0x132/0x310
[121586.470240] [<ffffffff8104e8dd>] ? set_next_entity+0x9d/0xb0
[121586.470243] [<ffffffff8104e579>] ? finish_task_switch+0x49/0xf0
[121586.470247] [<ffffffff815e78a4>] ? schedule+0x3d4/0x770
[121586.470250] [<ffffffff815ea5d5>] page_fault+0x25/0x30
[121586.470252] Mem-Info:
[121586.470253] Node 0 DMA per-cpu:
[121586.470256] CPU 0: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0
[121586.470257] CPU 1: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0
[121586.470259] CPU 2: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0
[121586.470261] CPU 3: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0
[121586.470262] CPU 4: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0
[121586.470264] CPU 5: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0
[121586.470266] CPU 6: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0
[121586.470267] CPU 7: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0
[121586.470268] Node 0 DMA32 per-cpu:
[121586.470271] CPU 0: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 0
[121586.470272] CPU 1: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 0
[121586.470274] CPU 2: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 112
[121586.470276] CPU 3: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 0
[121586.470277] CPU 4: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 0
[121586.470279] CPU 5: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 0
[121586.470281] CPU 6: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 0
[121586.470282] CPU 7: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 0
[121586.470284] Node 0 Normal per-cpu:
[121586.470285] CPU 0: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 0
[121586.470287] CPU 1: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 0
[121586.470289] CPU 2: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 181
[121586.470290] CPU 3: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 0
[121586.470292] CPU 4: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 0
[121586.470293] CPU 5: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 12
[121586.470295] CPU 6: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 0
[121586.470297] CPU 7: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 0
[121586.470301] active_anon:1895193 inactive_anon:15796 isolated_anon:0
[121586.470302] active_file:642 inactive_file:2559 isolated_file:322
[121586.470302] unevictable:0 dirty:311 writeback:2 unstable:0
[121586.470303] free:25430 slab_reclaimable:12693 slab_unreclaimable:14452
[121586.470304] mapped:8038 shmem:47558 pagetables:10412 bounce:0
[121586.470306] Node 0 DMA free:15892kB min:128kB low:160kB high:192kB active_anon:0kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:0kB inactive_file:0kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:15668kB mlocked:0kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB mapped:0kB shmem:0kB slab_reclaimable:0kB slab_unreclaimable:0kB kernel_stack:0kB pagetables:0kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? yes
[121586.470315] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 2913 7932 7932
[121586.470319] Node 0 DMA32 free:44512kB min:24776kB low:30968kB high:37164kB active_anon:2871668kB inactive_anon:12004kB active_file:2276kB inactive_file:5732kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):544kB present:2983600kB mlocked:0kB dirty:372kB writeback:4kB mapped:3612kB shmem:58256kB slab_reclaimable:6808kB slab_unreclaimable:8504kB kernel_stack:744kB pagetables:6332kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:12507 all_unreclaimable? yes
[121586.470328] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 5018 5018
[121586.470331] Node 0 Normal free:41316kB min:42676kB low:53344kB high:64012kB active_anon:4709104kB inactive_anon:51180kB active_file:292kB inactive_file:4504kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):744kB present:5138880kB mlocked:0kB dirty:872kB writeback:4kB mapped:28540kB shmem:131976kB slab_reclaimable:43964kB slab_unreclaimable:49304kB kernel_stack:4824kB pagetables:35316kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:5539 all_unreclaimable? yes
[121586.470340] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
[121586.470343] Node 0 DMA: 1*4kB 0*8kB 1*16kB 0*32kB 2*64kB 1*128kB 1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 1*2048kB 3*4096kB = 15892kB
[121586.470351] Node 0 DMA32: 1249*4kB 1229*8kB 849*16kB 421*32kB 62*64kB 5*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 46492kB
[121586.470358] Node 0 Normal: 10545*4kB 0*8kB 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 42180kB
[121586.470366] 51015 total pagecache pages
[121586.470367] 0 pages in swap cache
[121586.470369] Swap cache stats: add 0, delete 0, find 0/0
[121586.470370] Free swap = 0kB
[121586.470371] Total swap = 0kB
[121586.488574] 2088944 pages RAM
[121586.488577] 70671 pages reserved
[121586.488579] 32898 pages shared
[121586.488581] 1971188 pages non-shared
[121586.488583] [ pid ] uid tgid total_vm rss cpu oom_adj oom_score_adj name
[121586.488593] [ 366] 0 366 6615 95 1 0 0 mountall
[121586.488598] [ 399] 0 399 4274 47 6 0 0 upstart-udev-br
[121586.488603] [ 405] 0 405 5405 193 0 -17 -1000 udevd
[121586.488608] [ 1069] 0 1069 3762 50 2 0 0 upstart-socket-
[121586.488614] [ 1303] 0 1303 12421 145 3 -17 -1000 sshd
[121586.488618] [ 1308] 101 1308 29591 158 5 0 0 rsyslogd
[121586.488622] [ 1328] 102 1328 6351 356 4 0 0 dbus-daemon
[121586.488627] [ 1380] 105 1380 8063 77 0 0 0 avahi-daemon
[121586.488631] [ 1381] 105 1381 8033 64 1 0 0 avahi-daemon
[121586.488635] [ 1399] 0 1399 59502 488 0 0 0 NetworkManager
[121586.488639] [ 1412] 0 1412 1045 27 5 0 0 getty
[121586.488644] [ 1417] 0 1417 1045 27 3 0 0 getty
[121586.488648] [ 1429] 0 1429 1045 27 4 0 0 getty
[121586.488652] [ 1430] 0 1430 1045 27 2 0 0 getty
[121586.488655] [ 1440] 0 1440 1045 28 2 0 0 getty
[121586.488660] [ 1468] 0 1468 6680 56 4 0 0 kdm
[121586.488664] [ 1469] 0 1469 1115 103 0 0 0 acpid
[121586.488668] [ 1475] 0 1475 4744 62 6 0 0 cron
[121586.488673] [ 1476] 0 1476 4194 40 2 0 0 atd
[121586.488677] [ 1557] 0 1557 33107 568 2 0 0 polkitd
[121586.488681] [ 1573] 0 1573 51477 548 3 0 0 libvirtd
[121586.488686] [ 1583] 0 1583 51958 13799 0 0 0 Xorg
[121586.488690] [ 1584] 114 1584 11890 243 0 0 0 freshclam
[121586.488694] [ 1619] 106 1619 9695 77 4 0 0 kerneloops
[121586.488698] [ 1674] 8 1674 3001 46 4 0 0 nullmailer-send
[121586.488702] [ 1734] 0 1734 16998 199 5 0 0 winbindd
[121586.488707] [ 1738] 0 1738 16998 199 5 0 0 winbindd
[121586.488711] [ 1741] 0 1741 7793 195 3 0 0 wpa_supplicant
[121586.488715] [ 1750] 65534 1750 5405 55 0 0 0 dnsmasq
[121586.488720] [ 1760] 0 1760 5782 114 1 0 0 bluetoothd
[121586.488724] [ 1969] 0 1969 1045 27 6 0 0 getty
[121586.488728] [ 1984] 0 1984 22831 193 1 0 0 kdm
[121586.488733] [ 2016] 0 2016 48298 322 3 0 0 console-kit-dae
[121586.488737] [ 2096] 1000 2096 1066 34 1 0 0 x-session-manag
[121586.488741] [ 2123] 1000 2123 10873 1808 3 0 0 aa-notify
[121586.488745] [ 2136] 1000 2136 3066 85 4 0 0 ssh-agent
[121586.488750] [ 2137] 1000 2137 4053 55 6 0 0 gpg-agent
[121586.488754] [ 2140] 1000 2140 6609 67 3 0 0 dbus-launch
[121586.488758] [ 2141] 1000 2141 6634 511 0 0 0 dbus-daemon
[121586.488762] [ 2172] 0 2172 34568 758 3 0 0 udisks-daemon
[121586.488767] [ 2173] 0 2173 11863 92 1 0 0 udisks-daemon
[121586.488771] [ 2202] 1000 2202 1007 22 5 0 0 start_kdeinit
[121586.488775] [ 2203] 1000 2203 74642 1386 0 0 0 kdeinit4
[121586.488780] [ 2204] 1000 2204 75476 1361 4 0 0 klauncher
[121586.488784] [ 2206] 1000 2206 168325 4456 5 0 0 kded4
[121586.488788] [ 2211] 1000 2211 61662 953 5 0 0 bluedevil-helpe
[121586.488792] [ 2214] 1000 2214 13243 117 3 0 0 obex-data-serve
[121586.488796] [ 2217] 0 2217 38963 863 1 0 0 upowerd
[121586.488801] [ 2290] 1000 2290 62346 1177 6 0 0 kglobalaccel
[121586.488805] [ 2292] 1000 2292 88986 1833 1 0 0 kwalletd
[121586.488809] [ 2295] 1000 2295 1041 19 1 0 0 kwrapper4
[121586.488813] [ 2296] 1000 2296 117987 1944 3 0 0 ksmserver
[121586.488817] [ 2298] 1000 2298 139780 6616 2 0 0 kwin
[121586.488821] [ 2302] 1000 2302 86249 2803 5 0 0 kactivitymanage
[121586.488826] [ 2307] 1000 2307 1587185 1422805 5 0 0 knotify4
[121586.488830] [ 2310] 1000 2310 281553 23705 1 0 0 plasma-desktop
[121586.488834] [ 2320] 1000 2320 61617 974 6 0 0 kuiserver
[121586.488838] [ 2342] 1000 2342 72156 1018 5 0 0 kaccess
[121586.488842] [ 2352] 1000 2352 295993 5800 4 0 0 krunner
[121586.488847] [ 2358] 108 2358 9416 57 4 0 0 rtkit-daemon
[121586.488851] [ 2370] 1000 2370 84850 3570 5 0 0 yakuake
[121586.488855] [ 2372] 1000 2372 64380 979 3 0 0 krandrtray
[121586.488859] [ 2374] 1000 2374 164681 2796 7 0 0 kmix
[121586.488863] [ 2376] 1000 2376 10934 495 2 0 0 zsh
[121586.488868] [ 2381] 1000 2381 191028 21263 5 0 0 akregator
[121586.488872] [ 2383] 1000 2383 308196 64821 4 0 0 thunderbird-bin
[121586.488876] [ 2396] 1000 2396 127334 20582 4 0 0 psi-plus
[121586.488880] [ 2398] 1000 2398 13697 177 6 0 0 gconfd-2
[121586.488884] [ 2452] 1000 2452 95935 5556 2 0 0 python
[121586.488888] [ 2453] 1000 2453 86718 974 6 0 0 polkit-kde-auth
[121586.488892] [ 2465] 1000 2465 65941 1037 4 0 0 klipper
[121586.488897] [ 2767] 1000 2767 40668 1132 7 0 0 kio_http_cache_
[121586.488901] [ 2984] 1000 2984 14748 115 6 0 0 gvfsd
[121586.488910] [ 5559] 1000 5559 2345 119 6 0 0 ksysguardd
[121586.488914] [ 7260] 1000 7260 37006 228 0 0 0 gvfs-gdu-volume
[121586.488932] [22556] 0 22556 17784 284 0 0 0 cupsd
[121586.488937] [23679] 1000 23679 64382 1032 6 0 0 kwalletmanager
[121586.488941] [25199] 1000 25199 207314 20504 5 0 0 soffice.bin
[121586.488956] [ 6329] 1000 6329 64363 946 4 0 0 kmozillahelper
[121586.488961] [ 6430] 1000 6430 64363 948 6 0 0 kmozillahelper
[121586.488965] [ 6494] 1000 6494 64428 1015 0 0 0 kmozillahelper
[121586.488969] [ 6613] 1000 6613 458069 207923 3 0 0 firefox
[121586.488973] [ 6630] 1000 6630 64858 1041 6 0 0 kmozillahelper
[121586.488978] [ 6652] 1000 6652 180718 20929 6 0 0 plugin-containe
[121586.489003] [24895] 0 24895 5404 194 2 -17 -1000 udevd
[121586.489008] [24900] 0 24900 5404 191 0 -17 -1000 udevd
[121586.489012] [25183] 1000 25183 62165 927 1 0 0 bluedevil-monol
[121586.489018] [28788] 0 28788 1782 127 5 0 0 dhclient
[121586.489023] [30791] 1000 30791 87623 770 1 0 0 pulseaudio
[121586.489027] Out of memory: Kill process 2307 (knotify4) score 706 or sacrifice child
[121586.489032] Killed process 2307 (knotify4) total-vm:6.348.740kB, anon-rss:5.690.236kB, file-rss:984kB
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: kde-runtime 4:4.7.1-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.17-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Sep 17 12:40:03 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: kde-runtime
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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