Re: [BUG] drm/vmwgfx: vmw_cmdbuf_alloc leaks ~103 MiB/day of unreclaimable slab via the fbdev damage worker

Ian Forbes <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <CAO6MGth3Kye87-sveK8QUpHWkT6rDjcZL9TZK-eu2PtM9ZaR4Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 11:59 AM Дима Дьячков <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a reproducible, quantified kernel memory leak in vmwgfx on a headless
> VMware guest. It is attributed to a specific call site with slab_debug, and I
> have a clean causal test that stops it. I could not find this reported anywhere
> - I searched the dri-devel archives, the mainline and 6.12.y git logs, and the
> distro trackers.
>

Please recompile with KMEMLEAK and/or KASAN and share any output.

Ian,
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