On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Tekale Sharad-FHJN78 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using linux 2.6.21.5 and our kernel is freeze. > > The problem I'm facing is, when I create a software bridge using $brctl > command. and add two interfaces say, eth0.0 and eth0.1, this way... > $brctl addbr br-lan > $brctl addif br-lan eth0.0 > $brctl addif br-lan eth0.1 > > When I send traffic from a host connected to one port to host connected at > other at or above end 60Mbits/sec , > soon all the memory is dried up/consumed and and system crashes.
Looks like a possible memory leak. Your interfaces suggest you are using Xen(?). Did you add any code? If yes, check for memory leaks. HTH > > Observation: > On initial start up: > $cat /proc/slabinfo | grep skbuff_head_cache > skbuff_head_cache 120 120 192 20 1 : tunables 120 60 0 : > slabdata 6 > > Before crash: > $cat /proc/slabinfo | grep skbuff_head_cache > skbuff_head_cache 4260 4260 192 20 1 : tunables 120 60 0 : > slabdata 213 213 0 > Can any one help me to refer to some patch or point to some location in code > from where memory is failed to deallocate. > > Thanks, > Sharad. -- Pradeep -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
