"failed to allocate XXX bytes." appears in /var/log/messages
Issue
The following error message appears in /var/log/messages.
What does the message mean?
kernel: error: failed to allocate XXX bytes.
E.g.
Oct 10 14:59:44 linux-box kernel: [17833407.329803] error: failed to allocate 65537 bytes.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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