Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 00:30:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/31238: `hpijs' process hangs unkillably in `devbuf' state Message-ID: <200110130730.f9D7U3I57601@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/31238; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Chris Costello <chris@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/31238: `hpijs' process hangs unkillably in `devbuf' state Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 09:27:50 +0200 If this is with a USB printer, grab the patch I committed yesterday to ulpt.c. Poul-Henning In message <200110122134.f9CLYHH23981@holly.dyndns.org>, Chris Costello writes: > >>Number: 31238 >>Category: kern >>Synopsis: `hpijs' process hangs unkillably in `devbuf' state >>Confidential: no >>Severity: serious >>Priority: medium >>Responsible: freebsd-bugs >>State: open >>Quarter: >>Keywords: >>Date-Required: >>Class: sw-bug >>Submitter-Id: current-users >>Arrival-Date: Fri Oct 12 14:40:00 PDT 2001 >>Closed-Date: >>Last-Modified: >>Originator: Chris Costello >>Release: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386 >>Organization: >FreeBSD Project >>Environment: >System: FreeBSD holly.calldei.com 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #1: Sun Oct 7 16:56:12 CDT 2001 chris@holly.calldei.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/Holly i386 > >>Description: > > The GhostScript helper process, `hpijs' (for the DeskJet et. al. >Hewlett-Packard printers), will hang after printing a page or two, >and will not be killable: > >20317 daemon -20 0 1488K 128K devbuf 0:00 0.00% 0.00% hpijs > > More information in the audit trail as I start adding >debugging stuff to my system. So far, I _think_ I've deduced >that it's a memory leak, as `ksp->ks_memuse' exceeding >`ksp->ks_limit' is the only place where malloc() will sleep. >I've currently not tracked down the source of the memory leak. > >>How-To-Repeat: > > Printing anything exceeding usually two or three pages using this driver >will do the trick. > >>Fix: > > Not sure yet. Going to work on it. Input or verbal abuse (delivering >at least helpful guidance or a solution) is welcomed! >>Release-Note: >>Audit-Trail: >>Unformatted: > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message > -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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