On Friday 16 May 2008 11:46:55 HAGARGUNDGI ROHIT wrote: > Can somebody throw some light as to why this is happening. > Thanks a lot > Rohit > > > fsstress invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x201d2, order=0, oomkilladj=0 Hi, The line above is the clue. Your system is running out of memory, and the kernel is killing the fstress process. It's not a fault with the filesystem or with the code, nor is it a kernel panic (despite the scary backtrace). The 'oom-killer' (out of memory killer) uses a set of heuristics to determine which process to kill. Generally, it picks on the process using the most memory. Bye for now, -- Laurence Withers, http://www.lwithers.me.uk