Re: [2.6.30-rcX] Some ftrace debug option is consuming memory?

From: Tetsuo Handa
Date: Tue May 26 2009 - 21:47:00 EST


Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > I was running a VM with 1024MB of RAM.
> >
> > I changed it to 512MB of RAM, and now I'm experiencing out of memory error.
>
> How many virtual CPUs do you have configured?
>
I assigned 2 virtual CPUs.
But this error occurs even with 1 virtual CPU.

> > 2.6.29.4 can boot with 512MB of RAM.
> > 2.6.30-rc1 and later cannot boot with 512MB of RAM if some debug options are
> > enabled.
>
> Did 29.4 have tracing enabled and still worked?
>
Yes.
Config (with all tracing options enabled) is at http://I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp/tmp/config-2.6.29.4-ok
Full log is at http://I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp/tmp/dmesg-2.6.29.4-ok-512MB.txt



> > < # CONFIG_IRQSOFF_TRACER is not set
> > < # CONFIG_SYSPROF_TRACER is not set
> > < # CONFIG_SCHED_TRACER is not set
>
> Can you also disable the above three and see if you still see problems?
>
I disabled the above three.

# diff config-2.6.30-rc7-ng .config
4c4
< # Mon May 25 13:28:39 2009
---
> # Wed May 27 10:11:09 2009
1528d1527
< CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE=y
1539,1541c1538,1540
< CONFIG_IRQSOFF_TRACER=y
< CONFIG_SYSPROF_TRACER=y
< CONFIG_SCHED_TRACER=y
---
> # CONFIG_IRQSOFF_TRACER is not set
> # CONFIG_SYSPROF_TRACER is not set
> # CONFIG_SCHED_TRACER is not set

But I'm still seeing the problem.
Full log which cannot boot is at http://I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp/tmp/dmesg-2.6.30-rc7-ng-512MB.txt
Full log which can boot is at http://I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp/tmp/dmesg-2.6.30-rc7-ng-1024MB.txt

Regards.
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