Re: FreeBSD 5.1-R kernel panic

Hi Bosko,

Thanks for your response.  I do not use USB on the system... I'll try
removing those devices from the kernel and see if the problem continues.

I will let you know.

Thanks,
Stephane Raimbault.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bosko Milekic" <bmilekic_at_technokratis.com>
Newsgroups: mailing.freebsd.current
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 8:56
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1-R kernel panic


>
> On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 10:48:21PM -0600, Stephane Raimbault wrote:
> > Well, I had compiled "options DDB" into the kernel and today the kernel
> > panic'd... here is what I got.  I ran the following in the db> prompt.
> > "trace", "show reg", "ps".  Let me know if this is the kind of
information
> > you need, and if there is anything else I need to provide... can I
> > re-compile the kernel without the "options DDB" now, or should I provide
the
> > same info next time in panic's to confirm it's the same problem?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Stephane.
> >
> > I've attached the file debug.txt which contains the panic info.  Let me
know
> > if you need it in a different format.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Stephane Raimbault.
>
>   Are you using USB?
>
>   Approximately 2 weeks ago, some changes were introduced into the USB
>   code which could in some scenarios mean a depletion of kmem_map.  I've
>   glanced at usb_mem.c and it appears that the USB code 'caches'
>   everything that it allocates into a couple of lists it maintains
>   locally.  This prevents UMA from seeing the freed memory and, from the
>   point of view of the VM, the memory is never reclaimed.
>
>   I am unsure as to whether or not the memory allocated by the USB stuff
>   needs to be type stable so I can't really fix this.  I urge the USB
>   authors to glance there.
>
>   If you are using USB, try turning it off to see if the panic persists.
>   If not, then we'll have to look elsewhere.
>
> Regards,
> -- 
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