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Hi,

On 31/07/13 19:34, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 01:42:31PM +0200, Wladislav Wiebe wrote:
>> DEBUG: xxx kmalloc_slab, requested 'size' = 8388608, KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE = 4194304
> [...]
> 
> It seems some procfs file is trying to dump 8 MB at a single go. You
> need to fix that to return data in smaller chunks. What file is it?

seems it's coming from DT:
..
DEBUG: xxx seq_path: file path = /proc/device-tree/localbus@5000/flash@0/partition@1/reg
------------[ cut here ]------------
..

need to check if and how it's possible divide it in smaller chunks.
If somebody has suggestions, feel free to comment-)

Thanks & BR
Wladislav Wiebe