Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 20:30:10 +0200 From: Francesco Casadei <fcasadei@inwind.it> To: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No memory for rx list? Message-ID: <20010905203010.A1829@goku.kasby> In-Reply-To: <E15ecOv-0001Wb-00@jdl.com>; from jdl@jdl.com on Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 08:07:27AM -0500 References: <E15ecOv-0001Wb-00@jdl.com>
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 08:07:27AM -0500, Jon Loeliger wrote:
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> So, I have gotten this message a couple times now:
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> Sep 4 09:11:32 www /kernel: xl0: no memory for rx list -- packet dropped!
> Sep 4 09:11:32 www last message repeated 15 times
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> And it is:
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> Aug 9 07:36:59 www /kernel: xl0: <3Com 3c905-TX Fast Etherlink XL>
> port 0xdc00-0xdc3f irq 11 at device 10.0 on pci0
> Aug 9 07:36:59 www /kernel: xl0: Ethernet address: 00:60:97:cf:fa:b4
> Aug 9 07:36:59 www /kernel: miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0
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> On a:
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> www 1427 # uname -a
> FreeBSD www.uncommoncon.com 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Sat A=
pr 21
> 10:54:49 GMT 2001 jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC =
i386
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> Is this some memory leak or bug? Or is this some net-attack?
> It is on a machine on the inside of the Firewall, so I assume
> it is a memory leak (or so) right now.
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> Well, OK, so it comes from tl_newbuf() when mbufs can't be had.
> Question is, why can't we find an mbuf? Did someone lie about
> an incoming ether frame size? Just flat ran out of mbufs?
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> Thanks,
> jdl
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=46rom xl(4) manpage:
xl%d: no memory for rx list The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for
the receiver ring.
xl%d: no memory for tx list The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for
the transmitter ring when allocating a pad buffer or collapsing an mbuf
chain into a cluster.
You're running low on mbufs. What does netstat -m show?
Francesco Casadei
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