Created attachment 430579 [details] /var/log/messages Description of problem: I was bringing up a bnx2 interface (eth2) on a Dell M610 while receiving data on another bnx2 interface (eth0) at about 20 MB/s. I had the following error from the kernel in /var/log/messages: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.x86_64 How reproducible: ifup a few bnx2 interfaces while receiving data Additional info: /var/log/messages attached
Created attachment 430878 [details] Proposed fix. Are you able to test this patch?
Thanks for the patch. I can test it, but so far I have been unable to reproduce the allocation failure on the unpatched kernel. Do you have any idea what I need to do to see the allocation failure again on the unpatched kernel before I try the patch?
(In reply to comment #2) > Do you have any idea what I > need to do to see the allocation failure again on the unpatched kernel before I > try the patch? No. I saw a few memory allocation failures in random places and there was no working steps to reproduce to any of them :( Since this is issue is not reproducible, I will only post patch upstream, without applying it to fedora kernel. Thanks for reporting.