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# show where the kernel memory is allocated
crash> kmem -s
 
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ffff88007fa809c0 idr_layer_cache          544        294       301     43     4k
ffff88007fa60980 size-4194304(DMA)    4194304          0         0      0  4096k
ffff88007fa50940 size-4194304         4194304          0         0      0  4096k
ffff88007fa40900 size-2097152(DMA)    2097152          0         0      0  2048k
ffff88007fa308c0 size-2097152         2097152          1         1      1  2048k
ffff88007fa20880 size-1048576(DMA)    1048576          0         0      0  1024k
ffff88007fa10840 size-1048576         1048576         64        64     64  1024k
ffff88007fa00800 size-524288(DMA)      524288          0         0      0   512k
ffff88007f9f07c0 size-524288           524288          0         0      0   512k
ffff88007f9e0780 size-262144(DMA)      262144          0         0      0   256k
ffff88007f9d0740 size-262144           262144         64        64     64   256k
ffff88007f9c0700 size-131072(DMA)      131072          0         0      0   128k
ffff88007f9b06c0 size-131072           131072          7         7      7   128k
ffff88007f9a0680 size-65536(DMA)        65536          0         0      0    64k
ffff88007f990640 size-65536             65536          3         3      3    64k
ffff88007f980600 size-32768(DMA)        32768          0         0      0    32k
ffff88007f9705c0 size-32768             32768         26        26     26    32k
ffff88007f960580 size-16384(DMA)        16384          0         0      0    16k
ffff88007f950540 size-16384             16384         24        26     26    16k
ffff88007f940500 size-8192(DMA)          8192          0         0      0     8k
ffff88007f9304c0 size-8192               8192        839       844    844     8k
ffff88007f920480 size-4096(DMA)          4096          0         0      0     4k
ffff88007f910440 size-4096               4096        702       735    735     4k
ffff88007f900400 size-2048(DMA)          2048          0         0      0     4k
ffff88007f8f03c0 size-2048               2048        791       862    431     4k
ffff88007f8e0380 size-1024(DMA)          1024          0         0      0     4k
ffff88007f8d0340 size-1024               1024       1966      2188    547     4k
ffff88007f8c0300 size-512(DMA)            512          0         0      0     4k
ffff88007f8b02c0 size-512                 512    2326695   2326704 290838     4k
ffff88007f8a0280 size-256(DMA)            256          0         0      0     4k
ffff88007f890240 size-256                 256    1162648   1162650  77510     4k
ffff88007f880200 size-192(DMA)            192          0         0      0     4k
ffff88007f8701c0 size-192                 192       3900      6340    317     4k
ffff88007f860180 size-128(DMA)            128          0         0      0     4k
ffff88007f850140 size-64(DMA)              64          0         0      0     4k
ffff88007f840100 size-64                   64      12403     13983    237     4k
ffff88007f8300c0 size-32(DMA)              32          0         0      0     4k
ffff88007f810080 size-128                 128     295891    295920   9864     4k
ffff88007f800040 size-32                   32    1181468   1181488  10549     4k
ffffffff81ad3620 kmem_cache             32896        240       240    240    64k


# Show all the memory blocks which are 
crash> kmem -S <memory address>
 
# example:
crash> kmem -S ffff88007f8d0340
CACHE            NAME                 OBJSIZE  ALLOCATED     TOTAL  SLABS  SSIZE
ffff88007f8d0340 size-1024               1024       1966      2188    547     4k
SLAB              MEMORY            TOTAL  ALLOCATED  FREE
ffff880037e52e40  ffff880059b90000      4          0     4
FREE / [ALLOCATED]
   ffff880059b90000  (shared cache)
   ffff880059b90400  (shared cache)
   ffff880059b90800  (shared cache)
   ffff880059b90c00
SLAB              MEMORY            TOTAL  ALLOCATED  FREE
ffff880044f9a600  ffff880044f62000      4          1     3
FREE / [ALLOCATED]
   ffff880044f62000  (shared cache)
   ffff880044f62400
  [ffff880044f62800]
   ffff880044f62c00  (shared cache)


# Each address listed is the beginning of an allocation. Potentially you can print the memory at this address to see what it contains.
# example:
crash> lnet_msg_t ffff880044f62800
 
# or
 
# print memory at 64 byte increments starting at address and print 23 64 bytes.
crash> rd -64 ffff88007f82a800 23
 
# You can pipe the output to 'tail' to see the tail end of the output.
 

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