There seems to be no obvious pattern as to why these errors occur. So any ideas are welcome...
I'm running the "Linux xyz.xyz.xyz 2.6.30.1 #4 Fri Jul 17 14:46:22 CEST 2009 ppc GNU/Linux" kernel. This is an example of what ends up in the logs:
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Security Events
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Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:46 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:46 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:46 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:46 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:46 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:46 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:58 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:58 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:58 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:58 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:58 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:58 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:59 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:59 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:40:59 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:06 sixpack kernel: rtorrent: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:06 sixpack kernel: rtorrent: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:07 sixpack kernel: rtorrent: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:07 sixpack kernel: rtorrent: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:07 sixpack kernel: rtorrent: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:08 sixpack kernel: rtorrent: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:08 sixpack kernel: rtorrent: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:08 sixpack kernel: rtorrent: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:08 sixpack kernel: rtorrent: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:08 sixpack kernel: rtorrent: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:25 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:25 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:25 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:25 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:25 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:25 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:25 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:26 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:26 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:34 sixpack kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:34 sixpack kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:34 sixpack kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:34 sixpack kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:34 sixpack kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:34 sixpack kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:41:34 sixpack kernel: pdflush: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:42:36 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:42:36 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:42:36 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:42:36 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:42:37 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:42:37 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:42:37 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:42:37 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:42:37 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:16 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:16 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:16 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:16 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:16 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:16 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:16 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:16 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:17 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:28 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:28 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:29 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:29 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:29 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:29 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:30 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:30 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:30 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:30 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:52 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:52 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:52 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:52 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:52 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:53 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:53 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:53 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:53 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:43:53 sixpack kernel: squeezecenter-s: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:44:36 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:44:37 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:44:37 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:44:37 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:44:37 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:44:37 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:44:37 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:44:37 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:44:37 sixpack kernel: swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:45:01 sixpack kernel: ksoftirqd/0: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:45:01 sixpack kernel: ksoftirqd/0: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:45:01 sixpack kernel: ksoftirqd/0: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:45:02 sixpack kernel: ksoftirqd/0: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:45:02 sixpack kernel: ksoftirqd/0: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:45:02 sixpack kernel: ksoftirqd/0: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:45:02 sixpack kernel: ksoftirqd/0: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:45:02 sixpack kernel: ksoftirqd/0: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:45:02 sixpack kernel: ksoftirqd/0: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
Jul 28 09:45:02 sixpack kernel: ksoftirqd/0: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
System Events
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Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Call Trace:
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033c70] [c0008414] 0xc0008414 (unreliable)
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033ca0] [c00553ac] 0xc00553ac
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033d20] [c00743fc] 0xc00743fc
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033d80] [c0074738] 0xc0074738
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033da0] [c0252d78] 0xc0252d78
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033dc0] [c0253ab4] 0xc0253ab4
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033dd0] [c01d1178] 0xc01d1178
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033de0] [c01d137c] 0xc01d137c
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033e30] [c01d1844] 0xc01d1844
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033e80] [c0258864] 0xc0258864
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033ec0] [c0024f34] 0xc0024f34
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033f00] [c0006324] 0xc0006324
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033f10] [c0024d40] 0xc0024d40
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033f20] [c00063c8] 0xc00063c8
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033f40] [c0011c34] 0xc0011c34
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: --- Exception: 501 at 0xff2d38c
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: LR = 0xff2d1e4
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Mem-Info:
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: CPU 0: hi: 90, btch: 15 usd: 84
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Active_anon:6205 active_file:8647 inactive_anon:13954
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: inactive_file:25270 unevictable:0 dirty:5501 writeback:0 unstable:0
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: free:182 slab:8706 mapped:11968 pagetables:245 bounce:0
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: DMA free:728kB min:2036kB low:2544kB high:3052kB active_anon:24820kB inactive_anon:55816kB active_file:34588kB inactive_file:101080kB unevictable:0kB present:260096kB pages_scanned:250 all_unreclaimable? no
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: DMA: 0*4kB 1*8kB 1*16kB 0*32kB 1*64kB 1*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 728kB
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 41103 total pagecache pages
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 7184 pages in swap cache
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Swap cache stats: add 52922, delete 45738, find 41034/45812
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Free swap = 1016968kB
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Total swap = 1060280kB
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 65536 pages RAM
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 1524 pages reserved
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 42635 pages shared
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 28251 pages non-shared
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Call Trace:
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033c70] [c0008414] 0xc0008414 (unreliable)
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033ca0] [c00553ac] 0xc00553ac
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033d20] [c00743fc] 0xc00743fc
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033d80] [c0074738] 0xc0074738
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033da0] [c0252d78] 0xc0252d78
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033dc0] [c0253ab4] 0xc0253ab4
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033dd0] [c01d1178] 0xc01d1178
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033de0] [c01d137c] 0xc01d137c
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033e30] [c01d1844] 0xc01d1844
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033e80] [c0258864] 0xc0258864
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033ec0] [c0024f34] 0xc0024f34
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033f00] [c0006324] 0xc0006324
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033f10] [c0024d40] 0xc0024d40
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033f20] [c00063c8] 0xc00063c8
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033f40] [c0011c34] 0xc0011c34
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: --- Exception: 501 at 0xff2d38c
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: LR = 0xff2d1e4
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Mem-Info:
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: CPU 0: hi: 90, btch: 15 usd: 84
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Active_anon:6205 active_file:8647 inactive_anon:13954
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: inactive_file:25270 unevictable:0 dirty:5501 writeback:0 unstable:0
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: free:182 slab:8706 mapped:11968 pagetables:245 bounce:0
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: DMA free:728kB min:2036kB low:2544kB high:3052kB active_anon:24820kB inactive_anon:55816kB active_file:34588kB inactive_file:101080kB unevictable:0kB present:260096kB pages_scanned:250 all_unreclaimable? no
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: DMA: 0*4kB 1*8kB 1*16kB 0*32kB 1*64kB 1*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 728kB
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 41103 total pagecache pages
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 7184 pages in swap cache
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Swap cache stats: add 52922, delete 45738, find 41034/45812
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Free swap = 1016968kB
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Total swap = 1060280kB
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 65536 pages RAM
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 1524 pages reserved
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 42635 pages shared
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 28251 pages non-shared
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Call Trace:
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033c70] [c0008414] 0xc0008414 (unreliable)
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033ca0] [c00553ac] 0xc00553ac
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033d20] [c00743fc] 0xc00743fc
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033d80] [c0074738] 0xc0074738
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033da0] [c0252d78] 0xc0252d78
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033dc0] [c0253ab4] 0xc0253ab4
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033dd0] [c01d1178] 0xc01d1178
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033de0] [c01d137c] 0xc01d137c
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033e30] [c01d1844] 0xc01d1844
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033e80] [c0258864] 0xc0258864
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033ec0] [c0024f34] 0xc0024f34
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033f00] [c0006324] 0xc0006324
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033f10] [c0024d40] 0xc0024d40
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033f20] [c00063c8] 0xc00063c8
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: [cc033f40] [c0011c34] 0xc0011c34
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: --- Exception: 501 at 0xff2d38c
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: LR = 0xff2d1e4
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Mem-Info:
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: CPU 0: hi: 90, btch: 15 usd: 84
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Active_anon:6205 active_file:8647 inactive_anon:13954
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: inactive_file:25270 unevictable:0 dirty:5501 writeback:0 unstable:0
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: free:182 slab:8706 mapped:11968 pagetables:245 bounce:0
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: DMA free:728kB min:2036kB low:2544kB high:3052kB active_anon:24820kB inactive_anon:55816kB active_file:34588kB inactive_file:101080kB unevictable:0kB present:260096kB pages_scanned:250 all_unreclaimable? no
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: DMA: 0*4kB 1*8kB 1*16kB 0*32kB 1*64kB 1*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 728kB
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 41103 total pagecache pages
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 7184 pages in swap cache
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Swap cache stats: add 52922, delete 45738, find 41034/45812
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Free swap = 1016968kB
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: Total swap = 1060280kB
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 65536 pages RAM
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 1524 pages reserved
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 42635 pages shared
Jul 28 09:40:45 sixpack kernel: 28251 pages non-shared