[update] OOM issue with linux-2.6.14-rt6

From: Trevor Woerner (twoerner.k_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/04/05

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    Date:	Fri, 4 Nov 2005 15:22:41 -0500
    To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    
    

    As I have mentioned earlier I was having problems with
    linux-2.6.14-rt6 preemption settings k3 and k4 running out of memory.
    While I don't have a fix I seem to have zeroed in on the problem.

    Both my embedded target boards have CF cards which are mounted
    read-only. Since I am using busybox-1.01 and because busybox ships
    with mkfs.minix I simply used that to create a minix filesystem on
    /dev/ram0 which I mount on /tmp. My test programs create named FIFOs
    on /tmp which are integral to the tests I was performing.

    Normally I can't get either of the above kernels to run for more than
    15 minutes without an OOM, but switching from a minix fs to ext2
    linux-2.6.14-rt6 k4 has been running on one of my boards for over 2
    hours.

    This might not be the solution but it's looking hopeful. I wanted to
    mention this now, in case anyone else was curious about this issue.
    I'll let these kernels run over the weekend to see how they perform.

    I'm re-running my latency tests based on 2.6.14-rt6 and will update my
    report when I have those results.
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