Re: Kernel eats memory with LG-81 motherboard , acpi_operand possible culprit?

[Alexey Starikovskiy <alexey_y_starikovskiy@linux.intel.com>]

It is a leak mentioned by Fiodor -- bug #6514.
Roger Lucas wrote:
> Hi Alexey,
> 
> Thanks for the quick responses - it looks like I either need to
> path+recompile the 2.6.16.20 kernel to allow a replacement DSDT file or use
> the 2.6.17.13 kernel.
> 
> Can you clarify exactly what memory leak you think is the problem?  I don't
> mind trying the 2.6.17.x kernel, but I would like to know exactly what the
> problem being resolved is.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Roger
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alexey Starikovskiy [mailto:alexey_y_starikovskiy@linux.intel.com]
>> Sent: 15 September 2006 16:52
>> To: Suietov, Fiodor F
>> Cc: Roger Lucas; linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
>> Subject: Re: Kernel eats memory with LG-81 motherboard , acpi_operand
>> possible culprit?
>>
>> Roger,
>> Please try to upgrade to 2.6.17.x, as it probably contains a fix to your
>> memory leak.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Alex.
>>
>> Suietov, Fiodor F wrote:
>>> Perhaps, it is related to #6514:
>>>
>>> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6514
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>  Fiodor
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-acpi-
>>>> owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Alexey Starikovskiy
>>>> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 6:41 PM
>>>> To: Roger Lucas
>>>> Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
>>>> Subject: Re: Kernel eats memory with LG-81 motherboard , acpi_operand
>>>> possible culprit?
>>>>
>>>> Roger,
>>>>
>>>> Please try to change Store(Local0, Local0) to Store(Zero, Local0) and
>>>> check if you still have a leak...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Alex.
>>>>
>>>> Roger Lucas wrote:
>>>>> Some more information...
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems that there are bugs in the DSDT information.  I followed
>>> the
>>>>> instructions on this link to analyse the DSDT table.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Fix_Common_ACPI_Problems
>>>>>
>>>>> When I recompiled it, the following errors occurred.  I have no idea
>>>> what
>>>>> these mean or if they are important, but I suspect that they are not
>>>> good.
>>>>> The BIOS ASL was originally compiled with the Microsoft compiler.
>>>>>
>>>>> root@hydra:~# iasl -tc dsdt.dsl
>>>>>
>>>>> Intel ACPI Component Architecture
>>>>> ASL Optimizing Compiler version 20051216 [Jan  9 2006]
>>>>> Copyright (C) 2000 - 2005 Intel Corporation
>>>>> Supports ACPI Specification Revision 3.0
>>>>>
>>>>> dsdt.dsl   361:     Method (\_WAK, 1, NotSerialized)
>>>>> Warning  2078 -                 ^ Reserved method must return a
>>> value
>>>> (_WAK)
>>>>> dsdt.dsl   394:             Store (Local0, Local0)
>>>>> Error    1048 -                         ^ Method local variable is
>>> not
>>>>> initialized (Local0)
>>>>>
>>>>> dsdt.dsl   399:             Store (Local0, Local0)
>>>>> Error    1048 -                         ^ Method local variable is
>>> not
>>>>> initialized (Local0)
>>>>>
>>>>> dsdt.dsl  5349:                 If (Or (PLCY, PLCY, Local7))
>>>>> Warning  2097 -                      ^ Statement is unreachable
>>>>>
>>>>> ASL Input:  dsdt.dsl - 5433 lines, 178284 bytes, 2002 keywords
>>>>> Compilation complete. 2 Errors, 2 Warnings, 0 Remarks, 537
>>> Optimizations
>>>>> root@hydra:~#
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