On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 08:26:45PM +0000, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Thursday 17 January 2013, Soeren Moch wrote: > > On 17.01.2013 11:49, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > On Wednesday 16 January 2013, Soeren Moch wrote: > > >>>> I will see what I can do here. Is there an easy way to track the buffer > > >>>> usage without having to wait for complete exhaustion? > > >>> > > >>> DMA_API_DEBUG > > >> > > >> OK, maybe I can try this. I tried this. Not what i expected. We have at least one problem with the ethernet driver: WARNING: at lib/dma-debug.c:933 check_unmap+0x4b8/0x8a8() mv643xx_eth_port mv643xx_eth_port.0: DMA-API: device driver failed to check map error[device address=0x000000001f22be00] [size=1536 bytes] [mapped as single] Modules linked in: [<c000db10>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xf4) from [<c0016c44>] (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x64) [<c0016c44>] (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x64) from [<c0016cf0>] (warn_slowpath_fmt+0x30/0x40) [<c0016cf0>] (warn_slowpath_fmt+0x30/0x40) from [<c01ab540>] (check_unmap+0x4b8/0x8a8) [<c01ab540>] (check_unmap+0x4b8/0x8a8) from [<c01abbb8>] (debug_dma_unmap_page+0x8c/0x98) [<c01abbb8>] (debug_dma_unmap_page+0x8c/0x98) from [<c025cb1c>] (mv643xx_eth_poll+0x630/0x800) [<c025cb1c>] (mv643xx_eth_poll+0x630/0x800) from [<c0331d9c>] (net_rx_action+0xcc/0x1d4) [<c0331d9c>] (net_rx_action+0xcc/0x1d4) from [<c001e1b0>] (__do_softirq+0xa8/0x170) [<c001e1b0>] (__do_softirq+0xa8/0x170) from [<c001e3e8>] (do_softirq+0x5c/0x6c) [<c001e3e8>] (do_softirq+0x5c/0x6c) from [<c001e610>] (local_bh_enable+0xcc/0xdc) [<c001e610>] (local_bh_enable+0xcc/0xdc) from [<c0359c74>] (ip_finish_output+0x1c8/0x39c) [<c0359c74>] (ip_finish_output+0x1c8/0x39c) from [<c03571a4>] (ip_local_out+0x28/0x2c) [<c03571a4>] (ip_local_out+0x28/0x2c) from [<c0359564>] (ip_queue_xmit+0x118/0x338) [<c0359564>] (ip_queue_xmit+0x118/0x338) from [<c036e58c>] (tcp_transmit_skb+0x3fc/0x8e4) [<c036e58c>] (tcp_transmit_skb+0x3fc/0x8e4) from [<c0371218>] (tcp_write_xmit+0x228/0xb08) [<c0371218>] (tcp_write_xmit+0x228/0xb08) from [<c0371b6c>] (__tcp_push_pending_frames+0x30/0x9c) [<c0371b6c>] (__tcp_push_pending_frames+0x30/0x9c) from [<c0362940>] (tcp_sendmsg+0x158/0xdc4) [<c0362940>] (tcp_sendmsg+0x158/0xdc4) from [<c0386620>] (inet_sendmsg+0x38/0x74) [<c0386620>] (inet_sendmsg+0x38/0x74) from [<c031f370>] (sock_aio_write+0x12c/0x138) [<c031f370>] (sock_aio_write+0x12c/0x138) from [<c00a62f4>] (do_sync_write+0xa0/0xd0) [<c00a62f4>] (do_sync_write+0xa0/0xd0) from [<c00a6f18>] (vfs_write+0x13c/0x144) [<c00a6f18>] (vfs_write+0x13c/0x144) from [<c00a6ff0>] (sys_write+0x44/0x70) [<c00a6ff0>] (sys_write+0x44/0x70) from [<c0008ce0>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x2c) ---[ end trace b75faa8779652e63 ]--- I'm getting about 4 errors reported a second from the ethernet driver. Before i look at issues with em28xx i will first try to get the noise from the ethernet driver sorted out. Andrew -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>