out of vmalloc space - use vmalloc<size> to increase size when mounting xfs FS

[Ying-Hung Chen <ying@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there,

we are currently running linux kernel 2.6.14.2 with HIGHMEM enabled (the
machine has 1GB of RAM)

Whenever mounting the xfs filesystem (200GB partition), it shows

"allocation failed : out of vmalloc space - use vmalloc<size> to
increase size"

it is reproduceable by simply rebooting the machine via shutdown -r now

We only see this message when the system is mounting xfs filesystem
(200GB partition). However, if we turnoff the HIGHMEM option, the
message disappeared.

I have tried use vmalloc=256m, but system won't let me boot at all, has
anyone seen this? is this strictly linux kernel problem or has something
to do with xfs impelmentation in the kernel?

Please advice,

Thanks,

-Ying