Re: device driver memory leak in 5.1-20030726?

From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj_at_jennejohn.org>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 23:02:49 +0200
Mark Blackman writes:
> I'm seeing the same 'kmem_malloc(4096): kmem_map too small: XXXXX total 
> allocated'
> messages that a few other have reported.
[snip]
>  From these symptoms, I'm speculating that one or more device drivers
> are producing kernel memory leaks and either triggering the
> 'kmem_map too small' messages or pushing all of the userland processes
> out of the way. Is this a reasonable interpretation?
> 
> Does anyone else see symptoms that might lead to this conclusion?
> 

I'm seeing exactly the same thing when I try to access my Archos
Jukebox (a USB 2.0 device). This didn't happen with a kernel made
before July 20, although I can't say when exactly the leak (if there
is one) was introduced, since I only make a new kernel every few
weeks.

Eventually usb_allocmem fails and shortly thereafter I get the ``kmem_map
too small'' panic.

Unfortunately, panicing in ddb results in a hang - no crashdump.

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Gary Jennejohn / garyj[at]jennejohn.org gj[at]freebsd.org gj[at]denx.de
Received on Sat Jul 26 2003 - 12:02:56 UTC

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