Re: [PATCH v2] mm: dmapool: use provided gfp flags for alldma_alloc_coherent() calls

[Andrew Lunn]

> >>
> >
> >Now (in the last hour) stable, occasionally lower numbers:
> >3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396
> >3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396
> >3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396
> >3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3365 3396 3394 3396 3396
> >3396 3396 3373 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396
> >3396 3353 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396
> >3394 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396 3396
> >
> >Before the last pool exhaustion going down:
> >3395 3395 3389 3379 3379 3374 3367 3360 3352 3343 3343 3343 3342 3336
> >3332 3324 3318 3314 3310 3307 3305 3299 3290 3283 3279 3272 3266 3265
> >3247 3247 3247 3242 3236 3236
> >
> Here I stopped vdr (and so closed all dvb_demux devices), the number
> was remaining the same 3236, even after restart of vdr (and restart
> of streaming).

So it does suggest a leak. Probably somewhere on an error path,
e.g. its lost video sync.

     Andrew
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