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From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
To: Dorian Gray <yourfavouritegod@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@gmail.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
	Suman Tripathi <stripathi@apm.com>,
	iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	USB list <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Error: DMA: Out of SW-IOMMU space [was: External USB drives become unresponsive after few hours.]
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 16:06:24 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150417200623.GA14442@l.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJ2095qW5rQ4VfCDmZQtgUp1FgGQrB1Q3DBSSKrWvvLo+B8OSw@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 05:14:20PM +0200, Dorian Gray wrote:
> On 16 April 2015 at 20:42, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> wrote:
> > And easier way is to compile the kernel with CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG
> > and then load the attached module.
> >
> > That should tell you who and what else is holding on the buffers.
> 
> Ok, I have compiled 3.19.4 w/ CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG=y + the module you sent me.
> Now, I'm not sure if I've done it right - I waited until the error
> occured and then modprobe'd dump_dma.
> I have attached the kernel log, but it tells me not much, if anything...

The network driver is quite hungry for DMA. Did it do the same thing
in the earlier kernels?

Thanks.
> 
> Thanks again.
> Jake



  reply	other threads:[~2015-04-17 20:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CAJ2095qWQ7S2W9i1NiM6C-0cM=wnceyA9n-0UVLygUXHJ7yxzA@mail.gmail.com>
2015-04-16 14:15 ` Error: DMA: Out of SW-IOMMU space [was: External USB drives become unresponsive after few hours.] Alan Stern
2015-04-16 14:24   ` Suman Tripathi
2015-04-16 14:54   ` Alexander Duyck
2015-04-16 16:57     ` Dorian Gray
2015-04-16 18:42       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2015-04-16 20:13         ` Dorian Gray
2015-04-17 15:14         ` Dorian Gray
2015-04-17 20:06           ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [this message]
2015-04-18 10:10             ` Dorian Gray
2015-04-18 19:59               ` Dorian Gray
2015-04-19 15:43                 ` Dorian Gray
2015-04-20 13:03                   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2015-04-17 15:10       ` Dorian Gray

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