On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 11:19:07AM +0200, Robert Olsson wrote:

Jarek Poplawski writes:

 > >> oprofile: using NMI interrupt.
 > >> Fix inflate_threshold_root. Now=15 size=11 bits
 > >> Fix inflate_threshold_root. Now=15 size=11 bits
 > >> Fix inflate_threshold_root. Now=15 size=11 bits
 > >> Fix inflate_threshold_root. Now=15 size=11 bits
 > >> Fix inflate_threshold_root. Now=15 size=11 bits
 > >> Fix inflate_threshold_root. Now=15 size=11 bits

 > On the other hand, even if there is no problem with memory, it seems
 > because of hitting max_resize the threshold should be changed, e.g.
 > by reverting the patch below.

 You seem to have some temporary memory problem. So the printout might be
 a bit misleading in this case. We really like to keep the root node as big 
 as we can to keep the tree as flat as possible for performance reasons.
 (We're even more motivated now when we can disable the route cache)

 So I'll guess the next insert/delete inflates the root node to be within
 the interval. So I'll assume this just a temporary failure?

 I would be nice to have *threshholds* settable by /proc or /sys. I would
 use this in the other direction to trade memory for even faster lookups. 
 
 But maybe experts memory allocation has some good suggestions.

Pawel has reported these problems for a long time:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6648

So, until it's fully investigated, it seems some 'fast' fix is needed
here.

Cheers,
Jarek P.