From 7f8f9fe27c8ff08b740eac355d957dd2360a22b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Beer Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 12:10:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] added documentation for kmem issue on linux kernels 3.x This adds issue documentation for a major problem with memory accounting that occurs Linux kernel versions 3.x --- crate/content.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/crate/content.md b/crate/content.md index a507104fa..09bbc34cd 100644 --- a/crate/content.md +++ b/crate/content.md @@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ Read more: ## Issues +### Memory Accounting + +The combinations of Linux kernel version 3.x and Docker >= 1.12 could lead to a major problem with memory accounting causing the kernel to kill the CrateDB process in the container. This problems occurs because of a [slab shrinker issue](https://lwn.net/Articles/628829/) that is fixed in kernel versions >= 4.0. + +### Others + For issue specific to the CrateDB Docker image, report issues via [the `docker-crate` GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/crate/docker-crate/issues) For issues with CrateDB itself, report issues via [the `crate` GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/crate/crate/issues)