Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 5 Oct 2000 15:43:09 -0400 (EDT) | From | Eric Lowe <> | Subject | Re: kmem_grow |
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Hello,
> Pardon my ignorance, but: > > Can anyone point me to a quick explaination of what > kmem_grow: Called nonatomically from int - size-64 > means or what to look for when you see something like this? > > I'm guessing size-64 is from the slab allocator... so kmalloc() or > something is being called incorrectly somewhere???? > > I'll read the fine manual or the appropriate source if someone will > point it out to me... >
Yup, somebody's allocating very small bits of memory from an interrupt. You're probably using a buggy driver or kernel module.. The size is small enough it probably wouldn't trip up and cause a panic blocking waiting for more memory, but that's because you've been lucky so far..
-- Eric Lowe FibreChannel Software Engineer, Systran Corporation elowe@systran.com
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