I get this in dmesg every boot (multiple times) and I have 2 GB:
[ 12.742072] ureadahead invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=0, oom_adj=0 [ 12.742076] ureadahead cpuset=/ mems_allowed=0-1 [ 12.742080] Pid: 578, comm: ureadahead Not tainted 2.6.32-18-server #27-Ubuntu [ 12.742082] Call Trace: [ 12.742090] [<ffffffff810b319d>] ? cpuset_print_task_mems_allowed+0x9d/0xb0 [ 12.742095] [<ffffffff810f5d74>] oom_kill_process+0xd4/0x2f0 [ 12.742099] [<ffffffff810f6330>] ? select_bad_process+0xd0/0x110 [ 12.742102] [<ffffffff810f63c8>] __out_of_memory+0x58/0xc0 [ 12.742104] [<ffffffff810f655e>] out_of_memory+0x12e/0x1a0 [ 12.742110] [<ffffffff81556f5e>] ? _spin_lock+0xe/0x20 [ 12.742114] [<ffffffff810f95a1>] __alloc_pages_slowpath+0x511/0x580 [ 12.742117] [<ffffffff810f9781>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x171/0x180 [ 12.742122] [<ffffffff8112c6c7>] alloc_pages_current+0x87/0xd0 [ 12.742124] [<ffffffff810f868e>] __get_free_pages+0xe/0x50 [ 12.742129] [<ffffffff810d4284>] ring_buffer_resize+0x204/0x340 [ 12.742133] [<ffffffff810d5c9d>] tracing_resize_ring_buffer+0x2d/0xa0 [ 12.742135] [<ffffffff810da277>] tracing_entries_write+0x137/0x1d0 [ 12.742139] [<ffffffff810d9b53>] ? trace_nowake_buffer_unlock_commit+0x43/0x60 [ 12.742144] [<ffffffff812504b6>] ? security_file_permission+0x16/0x20 [ 12.742148] [<ffffffff81143238>] vfs_write+0xb8/0x1a0 [ 12.742151] [<ffffffff81143aa1>] sys_write+0x51/0x80 [ 12.742157] [<ffffffff810131b2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch) Release: 10.04 Codename: lucid
$ uname -a Linux hostname 2.6.32-18-server #27-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 26 22:21:21 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 2044892 kB MemFree: 1766344 kB Buffers: 12744 kB Cached: 94456 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 67472 kB Inactive: 80856 kB Active(anon): 44016 kB Inactive(anon): 376 kB Active(file): 23456 kB Inactive(file): 80480 kB Unevictable: 0 kB Mlocked: 0 kB SwapTotal: 5988344 kB SwapFree: 5988344 kB Dirty: 16 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 41404 kB Mapped: 24144 kB Shmem: 3264 kB Slab: 34712 kB SReclaimable: 13444 kB SUnreclaim: 21268 kB KernelStack: 3032 kB PageTables: 5884 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB WritebackTmp: 0 kB CommitLimit: 7010788 kB Committed_AS: 415540 kB VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB VmallocUsed: 279140 kB VmallocChunk: 34358413300 kB HardwareCorrupted: 0 kB HugePages_Total: 0 HugePages_Free: 0 HugePages_Rsvd: 0 HugePages_Surp: 0 Hugepagesize: 2048 kB DirectMap4k: 8192 kB DirectMap2M: 2080768 kB
I get this in dmesg every boot (multiple times) and I have 2 GB:
[ 12.742072] ureadahead invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=0, oom_adj=0 19d>] ? cpuset_ print_task_ mems_allowed+ 0x9d/0xb0 d74>] oom_kill_ process+ 0xd4/0x2f0 330>] ? select_ bad_process+ 0xd0/0x110 3c8>] __out_of_ memory+ 0x58/0xc0 55e>] out_of_ memory+ 0x12e/0x1a0 f5e>] ? _spin_lock+0xe/0x20 5a1>] __alloc_ pages_slowpath+ 0x511/0x580 781>] __alloc_ pages_nodemask+ 0x171/0x180 6c7>] alloc_pages_ current+ 0x87/0xd0 68e>] __get_free_ pages+0xe/ 0x50 284>] ring_buffer_ resize+ 0x204/0x340 c9d>] tracing_ resize_ ring_buffer+ 0x2d/0xa0 277>] tracing_ entries_ write+0x137/ 0x1d0 b53>] ? trace_nowake_ buffer_ unlock_ commit+ 0x43/0x60 4b6>] ? security_ file_permission +0x16/0x20 238>] vfs_write+ 0xb8/0x1a0 aa1>] sys_write+0x51/0x80 1b2>] system_ call_fastpath+ 0x16/0x1b
[ 12.742076] ureadahead cpuset=/ mems_allowed=0-1
[ 12.742080] Pid: 578, comm: ureadahead Not tainted 2.6.32-18-server #27-Ubuntu
[ 12.742082] Call Trace:
[ 12.742090] [<ffffffff810b3
[ 12.742095] [<ffffffff810f5
[ 12.742099] [<ffffffff810f6
[ 12.742102] [<ffffffff810f6
[ 12.742104] [<ffffffff810f6
[ 12.742110] [<ffffffff81556
[ 12.742114] [<ffffffff810f9
[ 12.742117] [<ffffffff810f9
[ 12.742122] [<ffffffff8112c
[ 12.742124] [<ffffffff810f8
[ 12.742129] [<ffffffff810d4
[ 12.742133] [<ffffffff810d5
[ 12.742135] [<ffffffff810da
[ 12.742139] [<ffffffff810d9
[ 12.742144] [<ffffffff81250
[ 12.742148] [<ffffffff81143
[ 12.742151] [<ffffffff81143
[ 12.742157] [<ffffffff81013
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid
$ uname -a
Linux hostname 2.6.32-18-server #27-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 26 22:21:21 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 2044892 kB
MemFree: 1766344 kB
Buffers: 12744 kB
Cached: 94456 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 67472 kB
Inactive: 80856 kB
Active(anon): 44016 kB
Inactive(anon): 376 kB
Active(file): 23456 kB
Inactive(file): 80480 kB
Unevictable: 0 kB
Mlocked: 0 kB
SwapTotal: 5988344 kB
SwapFree: 5988344 kB
Dirty: 16 kB
Writeback: 0 kB
AnonPages: 41404 kB
Mapped: 24144 kB
Shmem: 3264 kB
Slab: 34712 kB
SReclaimable: 13444 kB
SUnreclaim: 21268 kB
KernelStack: 3032 kB
PageTables: 5884 kB
NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
Bounce: 0 kB
WritebackTmp: 0 kB
CommitLimit: 7010788 kB
Committed_AS: 415540 kB
VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB
VmallocUsed: 279140 kB
VmallocChunk: 34358413300 kB
HardwareCorrupted: 0 kB
HugePages_Total: 0
HugePages_Free: 0
HugePages_Rsvd: 0
HugePages_Surp: 0
Hugepagesize: 2048 kB
DirectMap4k: 8192 kB
DirectMap2M: 2080768 kB