raideng: page allocation failure. order:4, mode:0xd0

Problem:

Using the raidutils utility repeatedly to check array status eventually causes the following kernel error:

raideng: page allocation failure. order:4, mode:0xd0

Details:

This error is caused by a memory leak in the i2o-config.ko kernel module. This problem is known to affect the 2.6.12 kernel.

Solution:

The kernel should be updated to 2.6.17 or higher