Re: rt2870 (staging kernel driver) crashes fatally

["Daniele C." <legolas558@users.sourceforge.net>]

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Subject: Re: rt2870 (staging kernel driver) crashes fatally
From: Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Date: Fri Mar 05 2010 17:22:41 GMT+0100 (CET)

> On Thursday 04 March 2010, Larry Finger wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Actually the rt2x00-users list is not intended for the Ralink staging drivers.
> You have to use the staging mailing list: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org
> 
Yes, they refused my message but didn't tell anything about the staging mailing list which I couldn't find either and I am now reading from you. Many thanks for pointing this out.

I am now running with MEMLEAK enabled, as soon as I will make a new "hammering session" I'll grab the debug data and post another message.

Best regards,
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  Daniele

> Ivo
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