From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexey Starikovskiy Subject: Re: Kernel eats memory with LG-81 motherboard , acpi_operand possible culprit? Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 22:41:40 +0400 Message-ID: <450AF3E4.8090808@linux.intel.com> References: <20060915164139.7BBA412EDE@bluewhale.planbit.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mga06.intel.com ([134.134.136.21]:48751 "EHLO orsmga101.jf.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932172AbWIOSlo (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:41:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20060915164139.7BBA412EDE@bluewhale.planbit.co.uk> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Roger Lucas Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, "'Suietov, Fiodor F'" 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:~# >>>> - >>>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" >>> in >>>> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>> - >>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in >>> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>> > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >