Subject: Re: Warning at Startup
From: Basil Hussain (basil.hussain@specialreserve.net)
Date: Wed Feb 21 2001 - 04:52:21 EST
Hi,
> I recently installed version 1.5pre3 and it seems to be working OK. However,
> when I boot up my machine (Red Hat 7.0) I get an warning (perhaps error)
> "kmem-grow: called nonatomically from init - size -32"
> this message appears multiple times and finally I get the [OK] and then
> everything appears to be working fine?
I have experienced just the same thing. I bet you're running kernel
2.2.16-22 - if so, the blame lies solely at the feet of the AppleTalk kernel
module (AppleTalk.o), which contains a slight programming mistake. It's
nothing to do with Netatalk.
If you read the bug report I filed with RedHat, it'll explain further:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25379
In particular, check the link to the kernel development mailing list thread.
That shows the precise problem (and a patch). RedHat have recently brought
out a new kernel package (2.2.17) that may solve the problem, but no-one
there has confirmed this to me yet.
> any idea what this is, and should i be worried?
I wouldn't worry about it. My servers have been running with this warning
for over a month now, with no adverse effects. No crashes, hangups, etc. -
nothing.
Regards,
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Basil Hussain (basil.hussain@specialreserve.net)
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