-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: rt2870 (staging kernel driver) crashes fatally From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Daniele C. <legolas558@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Mar 04 2010 03:35:43 GMT+0100 (CET) > On 03/03/2010 08:14 PM, Hin-Tak Leung wrote: >> You appear to have two issues - (1) the driver doesn't >> hibernate/resume well, (2) there is some bad memory leak which causes >> your system to run out of memory. >> >> You did not mention issue (1) - that you were hibernating and resuming >> (and expecting it to work, which it does not). For the latter, you >> probably need to track down where the memory is leaking in the driver, >> which is probably easier than tracking down the hibernate/resume >> issue. >> >> Good luck with tracking down the memory leak. (you do understand that >> staging drivers are DIY - i.e. you try it only if you are willing to >> look into fixing it yourself - I hope ) > > By generating your own kernel with MEMLEAK enabled, you should be able to see > which data blob is being leaked. If you post that info, someone on this list > should be able to help you find the cause. > I will enable this feature so that next time it happens I will have such information. However looks like bug is not triggering unless I first do a resume. Thank you both for reviewing my logs and for the pointers. Best regards, - -- Daniele C. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLj48QAAoJEON28As9epPAqfIH/AktbatFnxAt6peijPxz64PV jElSTuDYaieRRjKfoTQCVZoiSsf4f4sPAiqBR4E30zX7u9nWqqbaTIxLJjeC74Nr fqfoFS2QBg8Ow5pLhs/pXUKR4c7g/x/QIQ7fzCAOUj/enirni2f6n9Gc8Tf8O1Mo ejKXqqKeKPsnlNoBXtnB3ihE5sVp7O2PJZvxV3GCRy5KEmoIivPkrd3U4Lsc2pZG 86LOolgilto6I73/bdoU0CffiKyTENwpyJTMy1VFjqwOWLLn9ukuFbfyBd00Oo3W uYX/SSCnouAKeAG0LzzTZMaYKOGkqJQzVLv/B0nhlcrrlk+xzWBNe04fxHamVo8= =8q9G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
