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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [xen-discuss] possible memory-leak in qemu-dm

To: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [xen-discuss] possible memory-leak in qemu-dm
From: Florian Manschwetus <florianmanschwetus@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:24:29 +0200
Cc: Mark Johnson <Mark.Johnson@xxxxxxx>, Xen discuss <xen-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Am 15.10.2009 13:04, schrieb Stefano Stabellini:
> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, Florian Manschwetus wrote:
>> Am 15.10.2009 12:26, schrieb Pasi Kärkkäinen:
>>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:58:14PM +0200, Florian Manschwetus wrote:
>>>> Am 14.10.2009 21:46, schrieb Mark Johnson:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Florian,
>>>>>
>>>>> Florian Manschwetus wrote:
>>>>>> Mark,
>>>>>> could you also make a short info howto update, a system I build just
>>>>>> yesterday, when the patch is inplace. The older Machine I would have to
>>>>>> re-bfu due to changed userspace, but the machine installed yesterday
>>>>>> should be fixed with rebuilding and reinstalling xvm packages?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Btw, could you sync-up the onnv-3.4 with b124? It is difficult to build
>>>>>> b123 with b124, due to missing, with b124 obsolete, headerfiles.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've sync'd up with the changes in qemu-unstable, and qemu-dm is
>>>>> still leaking a ton of memory for HVM guests which don't have PV
>>>>> drivers.  So it looks like they don't have a correct fix upstream
>>>>> for this.
>>>> Uh, if this could be confirmed it is really a huge and ultimately ugly
>>>> problem. If I could do anything to help you to fix it, give me some detail.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah.. what kind of HVM guest is triggering this bug? 
>>> How fast it is leaking mem? 
>> It is a win2003R2 with exchange2007
>>
>> xm uptime tmpexch
>> Name                                ID Uptime
>> tmpexch                              7 9 days,  3:21:39
>>
>> PID USERNAME NLWP PRI NICE  SIZE   RES STATE    TIME    CPU COMMAND
>> 2106 xvm         3  13    0 7340M 3807M cpu/4   31.4H  6.57% qemu-dm
>>
>> Florian
>>
> 
> Was this happening before you applied my patches, but after "fix qemu
> memory leak in block interface"?
> I am trying to understand if this is a recent regression.
It is an older build of xvm-3.4 gate
I have to review current patch state and will update accordingly if
possible.

It was Mark, who told that the problem isn't fixed by the Patch. So I
not rushed to update.

Florian

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