linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mm: dmapool: use provided gfp flags for all dma_alloc

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Date:	Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:30:53 +0100
From:	Soeren Moch <smoch@....de>
To:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	linaro-mm-sig@...ts.linaro.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm: dmapool: use provided gfp flags for all dma_alloc_coherent()
 calls

On 19.01.2013 19:59, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> Please find attached a debug log generated with your patch.
>>
>> I used the sata disk and two em28xx dvb sticks, no other usb devices,
>> no ethernet cable connected, tuners on saa716x-based card not used.
>>
>> What I can see in the log: a lot of coherent mappings from sata_mv
>> and orion_ehci, a few from mv643xx_eth, no other coherent mappings.
>> All coherent mappings are page aligned, some of them (from orion_ehci)
>> are not really small (as claimed in __alloc_from_pool).
>>
>> I don't believe in a memory leak. When I restart vdr (the application
>> utilizing the dvb sticks) then there is enough dma memory available
>> again.
>
> Hi Soeren
>
> We should be able to rule out a leak. Mount debugfg and then:
>
> while [ /bin/true ] ; do cat /debug/dma-api/num_free_entries ; sleep 60 ; done
>
> while you are capturing. See if the number goes down.
>
>        Andrew

Now I built a kernel with debugfs enabled.
It is not clear to me what I can see from the dma-api/num_free_entries 
output. After reboot (vdr running) I see decreasing numbers (3453 3452 
3445 3430...), min_free_entries is lower (3390). Sometimes the output is 
constant for several minutes ( 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396,...)

   Soeren
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