allocating 14KB memory per packet compression/decompression results in vm_fault

[kamal kc]

dear everybody,
 
i am trying to compress/decompress ip packets.
for this i have implemented the adaptive lzw compression.
i put the code in the ip_output.c and do my compression/decompression
just before the if_output() function call so that i won't interfere with
the ip processing of the kernel.
 
for my compression/decompression i use string tables and temporary
 buffers which take about 14KB of memory per packet. 

I used malloc() to allocate the memory space. i made the call as below:
 
   malloc(4096,M_TEMP, M_NOWAIT);
 
I call the malloc 3 to 4 times with 4096 bytes. and release it with call to 
free()
 
I also sometimes allocate an mbuf during compression/decompression.
i use the macro--
 
struct mbuf *m;
MGET(m, M_DONTWAIT,MT_DATA);
MCLGET(m,M_DONTWAIT);
 
These are the memory operations i perform in my code.
Now when i run the modified kernel the behaviour is unpredictable.
The compression/decompression
works fine with expected results. But soon the kernel would crash with
vm_fault: message.
 
-Is the memory requirement of 14KB per packet too high to be allocated by
  the kernel ?? 
- Are there any other techniqures to allocate memory in kernel without
   producing vm_faults ?? 
- Am I not following the correct procedures to 
  allocate and deallocate memory in kernel space ??
- Or is the problem elsewhere ??
 
I am really confused and don't know what to do as this is 
the only thing that is holding me back to implement the 
compression/decompression module.
 
I know you guys can provide some help/info.
 
Thanks 
 
kamal
 
 
 
 
 
 

		
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