Memory Shortage Avoided?

shayaknyc · September 3, 2025, 2:10pm

Hey folks,

I came back to my desktop this morning to get to work, and I noticed that KDE left me some pop-up notifications that there was a memory shortage, and it killed some background services. The thing is, I have 32gb of memory, and I only had chrome running with 5 tabs open. It killed localsearch-3.service, plasma-powerdevil.service, and plasma-polkit-agent.service. I took a screenshot of the notifications:

Here’s my inxi:

> garuda-inxi
System:
  Kernel: 6.16.4-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=8dcc0c9c-8fe9-4fc6-b189-a8db2cfa3823 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    rd.driver.pre=vfio-pci intel_iommu=on i915.enable_guc=3 i915.max_vfs=7
    i915.force_probe=!4680 xe.force_probe=4680 quiet
    resume=UUID=a14a443b-9c6b-47d0-b49a-d9686d767b7c loglevel=3
    sysrq_always_enabled=1 split_lock_detect=off nvidia-drm.modeset=1
    pci=disable_acs_redir=pci:12D8:2308
    vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
    vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
    vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.17.0
    wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME Z690-P WIFI v: Rev 1.xx
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3801 date: 05/14/2025
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
    arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
    process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 2
    microcode: 0x3A
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 10 cores: 16 threads: 24 mt: 8 tpc: 2
    st: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1.4 MiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32
    KiB, 8x64 KiB L2: 14 MiB desc: 8x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 30 MiB
    desc: 1x30 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/5100:5200:3900 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800
    15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800 21: 800 22: 800 23: 800
    24: 800 bogomips: 152985
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel AlderLake-S GT1 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: xe v: kernel
    alternate: i915 arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports:
    active: none empty: DP-4,HDMI-A-3,HDMI-A-4 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:4680 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Lite Hash Rate]
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 580.76.05 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
    non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx)
    arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
    gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports:
    active: none off: DP-1,DP-3 empty: DP-2,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:2489 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Microsoft LifeCam Studio
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-9:4 chip-ID: 045e:0772
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris
    gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch d-rect: 3840x1080 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: primary,left model: Samsung SyncMaster
    serial: <filter> built: 2009 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
    dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 size: 531x298mm (20.91x11.73") diag: 609mm (24")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: DP-3 pos: right model: Dell UZ2715H serial: <filter>
    built: 2014 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 83 gamma: 1.2
    size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 676mm (26.6") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
    drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris
    surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
    inactive: device-2
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.76.05
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 7.81 GiB display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 17 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce RTX 3060 Ti driver: nvidia v: 580.76.05 device-ID: 10de:2489
    surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel UHD Graphics 770
    (ADL-S GT1) driver: mesa intel v: 25.2.1-arch1.5 device-ID: 8086:4680
    surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.8 256 bits)
    driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.2.1-arch1.5 (LLVM 20.1.8)
    device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl, gputop, intel_gpu_top,
    lsgpu, nvidia-settings, nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info,wlr-randr
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: vfio-pci
    alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Microsoft LifeCam Studio
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-9:4 chip-ID: 045e:0772
    class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.16.4-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7af0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 06:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: br-1f7862558da6 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: br-7bfc84ea431e state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-3: br-82d31aa0b51e state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-4: br-8cfdb6073e28 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-5: br-960c3623af4c state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-6: br-b787944b7593 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-7: br-b90412b2529c state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-8: br-c3a5729d4cf6 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-9: br-d7347e1a61c0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-10: br-e0cf0c4bc03a state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-11: br-e9c38ec2b98c state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-12: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-13: powehi state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
  IF-ID-14: veth27b186c state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-15: veth436f914 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-16: veth5d9218c state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-17: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, sshd, systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:7 chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: N/A
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
    v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:467f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 6.37 TiB used: 3.08 TiB (48.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 38.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO with
    Heatsink 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QJXD7
    temp: 45.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000NE001-2MA101
    size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: EN01 scheme: GPT
  SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%) used: 815.3 GiB (44.6%)
    fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 620 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1
    maj-min: 259:2
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 815.3 GiB (44.6%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2
    maj-min: 259:3
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 815.3 GiB (44.6%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2
    maj-min: 259:3
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 815.3 GiB (44.6%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2
    maj-min: 259:3
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.08 GiB used: 5.15 GiB (16.6%)
    priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
    dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 34.2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:4
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 31.08 GiB used: 9.51 GiB (30.6%)
  Processes: 709 Power: uptime: 1d 12m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.37 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Packages: 2687 pm: pacman pkgs: 2674 libs: 615 tools: octopi,pacseek,paru
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 13 Compilers: clang: 20.1.8 gcc: 15.2.1 alt: 13/14
    Shell: Bash v: 5.3.3 default: fish v: 4.0.2 running-in: kitty inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.8.2-2):
  System install date:     2024-10-16
  Last full system update: 2025-09-02 
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
  Failed units:            
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Even when I have chrome and firedragon running, along with Baldur’s Gate 3 - memory rarely goes over 60% usage. This seems unusual that memory would be used up - overnight - with only chrome running with 5 tabs. Anything I can do to troubleshoot this further to garner more information and find out what’s going on?

Kayo · September 3, 2025, 2:29pm

Keep your eye on the System Monitor’s Applications and also Processes pages. (alternatively could use btop and the like). There might be a memory leak going or something similar going on.

If you had the Baldur’s Gate opened at the time the issue happened, that is most likely the culprit. There are many pages in the Steam discussions about memory leaks for that game spanning a long period of time right up to May.

shayaknyc · September 3, 2025, 2:32pm

Thanks, I keep btop running in the background and I have it sorting memory highest to lowest. I did not have BG3 running, I was just referring to a situation where I had 2 browsers with multiple tabs open while also playing a resource intensive game and did not have any processes killed due to OOM issues. Weirdly, overnight, I’ve had a bunch of background processes, mostly plasma related (after I closed out some of the notifications in the screenshot, there were more notifications that were displayed that showed other services that were killed). This doesn’t make any sense to me… Would there be more info in dmesg? and if so, what should I look for?

shayaknyc · September 3, 2025, 2:38pm

I ran sudo dmesg -T and found this around the time of the processes having been killed:

[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xffbf8932ce8fb0d0: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] CPU: 21 UID: 1000 PID: 9845 Comm: baloo_file Tainted: G     U  W  OE       6.16.4-zen1-1-zen #1 PREEMPT(full)  3e4cf09ea66c3fbf5ae29710d9063f3e03b083f8
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] Tainted: [U]=USER, [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/PRIME Z690-P WIFI, BIOS 3801 05/14/2025
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RIP: 0010:buffer_check_dirty_writeback+0x34/0x70
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] Code: 89 f0 48 89 d6 41 c6 00 00 c6 02 00 48 8b 07 a8 01 74 4a 48 8b 4f 28 48 85 c9 74 3c 48 8b 07 48 d1 e8 88 02 48 89 c8 80 22 01 <48> 8b 10 83 e2 04 74 03 c6 06 01 48 8b 10 83 e2 02 74 12 41 c6 00
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RSP: 0018:ffffc94671377590 EFLAGS: 00010246
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RAX: ffbf8932ce8fb0d0 RBX: fffff772ca37b140 RCX: ffbf8932ce8fb0d0
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RDX: ffffc946713775e4 RSI: ffffc946713775e4 RDI: fffff772ca37b140
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RBP: ffffc94671377600 R08: ffffc946713775e3 R09: 0000000000000001
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] R10: 0000000000000611 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffc946713775f0
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] R13: ffffc94671377a00 R14: fffff772ca37b148 R15: ffffc946713779c0
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] FS:  00007f0c3b15e9c0(0000) GS:ffff8938fee19000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] CR2: 00007f6b43803000 CR3: 000000021e70f006 CR4: 0000000000f72ef0
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] PKRU: 55555554
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] Call Trace:
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  <TASK>
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  shrink_folio_list+0x4ff/0x1350
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  ? mod_memcg_lruvec_state+0x168/0x220
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  ? move_folios_to_lru+0x2c4/0x5f0
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  evict_folios+0x1ca6/0x24e0
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x99/0x2e0
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  try_to_shrink_lruvec+0x234/0x290
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  shrink_lruvec+0x11a/0x1210
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  ? psi_group_change+0x160/0x310
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  ? enqueue_entity+0x139/0x3d0
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  ? pick_eevdf+0x65/0x260
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x22/0x30
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  ? __queue_work+0xfa/0x430
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  ? shrink_node+0x270/0xd60
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  shrink_node+0x270/0xd60
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x22/0x30
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  ? __queue_work+0xfa/0x430
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  do_try_to_free_pages+0xb3/0x550
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages+0x105/0x230
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  ? psi_group_change+0x160/0x310
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  reclaim_high+0xae/0x100
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  mem_cgroup_handle_over_high+0x11a/0x360
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x177/0x200
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RIP: 0033:0x55a953d619c9
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x55a953d6199f.
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RSP: 002b:00007ffdc8f17990 EFLAGS: 00010202
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RAX: 00007ffdc8f17990 RBX: 000055a96990da88 RCX: 0000000000000006
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RDX: 000055ac31e463a5 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 000055a96a9d5180
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RBP: 00007ffdc8f179d0 R08: f600e21b77851a56 R09: 0000000000000080
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] R10: 0000000000000081 R11: 00007f0c3d758ee2 R12: 00007ffdc8f18190
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] R13: 00007ffdc8f17a20 R14: 000055a96990dad0 R15: 0000000000000000
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  </TASK>
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] Modules linked in: wireguard curve25519_x86_64 libcurve25519_generic ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel udp_diag tcp_diag inet_diag cdc_acm vhost_net vhost vhost_iotlb tap iptable_mangle xt_CHECKSUM xt_multiport tun nf_conntrack_netlink xt_nat xt_tcpudp veth ntfs3 nls_utf8 cifs cifs_arc4 nls_ucs2_utils rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_core cifs_md4 dns_resolver netfs xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE xt_set ip_set xt_addrtype nft_compat xfrm_user xfrm_algo tcp_dctcp tcp_htcp tcp_bbr snd_seq_dummy rfcomm snd_hrtimer snd_seq nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast nft_masq nft_reject_ipv4 act_csum cls_u32 sch_htb bridge stp llc overlay nf_nat_tftp nf_conntrack_tftp nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_ct qrtr cmac algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg bnep snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl snd_sof_intel_hda_generic soundwire_intel snd_sof_intel_hda_sdw_bpt snd_sof_intel_hda_common snd_soc_hdac_hda snd_sof_intel_hda_mlink snd_sof_intel_hda soundwire_cadence snd_sof_pci snd_sof_xtensa_dsp snd_sof snd_sof_utils
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  snd_soc_acpi_intel_match snd_soc_acpi_intel_sdca_quirks soundwire_generic_allocation snd_soc_acpi soundwire_bus snd_soc_sdca intel_uncore_frequency crc8 intel_uncore_frequency_common snd_soc_avs intel_tcc_cooling x86_pkg_temp_thermal snd_soc_hda_codec snd_hda_ext_core intel_powerclamp iwlmvm snd_soc_core coretemp snd_compress uvcvideo ac97_bus snd_hda_codec_hdmi mac80211 snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_usb_audio videobuf2_vmalloc kvm_intel snd_hda_intel uvc btusb libarc4 snd_intel_dspcfg ptp snd_usbmidi_lib btrtl videobuf2_memops kvm videobuf2_v4l2 pps_core processor_thermal_device_pci snd_ump snd_intel_sdw_acpi btintel videobuf2_common processor_thermal_device snd_hda_codec snd_rawmidi btbcm rapl xe processor_thermal_wt_hint videodev btmtk snd_hda_core intel_cstate snd_seq_device platform_temperature_control iTCO_wdt spi_nor xpad iwlwifi intel_pmc_bxt vfat snd_hwdep processor_thermal_rfim mousedev iTCO_vendor_support mtd spd5118 intel_rapl_msr bluetooth fat mc asus_nb_wmi ff_memless eeepc_wmi joydev snd_pcm
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  drm_gpuvm processor_thermal_rapl intel_uncore cfg80211 asus_wmi drm_gpusvm platform_profile snd_timer intel_rapl_common i2c_i801 gpu_sched processor_thermal_wt_req wmi_bmof sparse_keymap snd processor_thermal_power_floor i2c_smbus spi_intel_pci drm_exec processor_thermal_mbox soundcore i2c_mux drm_suballoc_helper rfkill int340x_thermal_zone spi_intel intel_pmc_core pmt_telemetry pmt_class int3400_thermal intel_pmc_ssram_telemetry acpi_thermal_rel intel_vsec acpi_tad acpi_pad mac_hid nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_chain_nat iptable_nat nf_nat nf_tables nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 loop zram 842_decompress 842_compress lz4hc_compress lz4_compress ip_tables x_tables hid_logitech_hidpp r8169 realtek intel_oc_wdt polyval_clmulni mdio_devres ghash_clmulni_intel nvme sha512_ssse3 libphy sha1_ssse3 nvme_core aesni_intel mdio_bus intel_lpss_pci intel_lpss nvme_keyring vmd idma64 nvme_auth pinctrl_alderlake hid_logitech_dj uinput ntsync nvidia_uvm(OE) i915(OE) drm_buddy
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  drm_display_helper cec i2c_algo_bit intel_agp intel_gtt vfio_pci vfio_pci_core nvidia_drm(OE) irqbypass vfio_iommu_type1 vfio nvidia_modeset(OE) iommufd sunrpc dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log nvidia(OE) drm_ttm_helper ttm video wmi i2c_dev dm_multipath sg crypto_user dm_mod nfnetlink
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RIP: 0010:buffer_check_dirty_writeback+0x34/0x70
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] Code: 89 f0 48 89 d6 41 c6 00 00 c6 02 00 48 8b 07 a8 01 74 4a 48 8b 4f 28 48 85 c9 74 3c 48 8b 07 48 d1 e8 88 02 48 89 c8 80 22 01 <48> 8b 10 83 e2 04 74 03 c6 06 01 48 8b 10 83 e2 02 74 12 41 c6 00
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RSP: 0018:ffffc94671377590 EFLAGS: 00010246
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RAX: ffbf8932ce8fb0d0 RBX: fffff772ca37b140 RCX: ffbf8932ce8fb0d0
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RDX: ffffc946713775e4 RSI: ffffc946713775e4 RDI: fffff772ca37b140
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RBP: ffffc94671377600 R08: ffffc946713775e3 R09: 0000000000000001
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] R10: 0000000000000611 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffc946713775f0
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] R13: ffffc94671377a00 R14: fffff772ca37b148 R15: ffffc946713779c0
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] FS:  00007f0c3b15e9c0(0000) GS:ffff8938fee19000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] CR2: 000055a953d6199f CR3: 000000021e70f006 CR4: 0000000000f72ef0
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] PKRU: 55555554
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] WARNING: CPU: 21 PID: 9845 at kernel/exit.c:902 do_exit+0x8a2/0xb40
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] Modules linked in: wireguard curve25519_x86_64 libcurve25519_generic ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel udp_diag tcp_diag inet_diag cdc_acm vhost_net vhost vhost_iotlb tap iptable_mangle xt_CHECKSUM xt_multiport tun nf_conntrack_netlink xt_nat xt_tcpudp veth ntfs3 nls_utf8 cifs cifs_arc4 nls_ucs2_utils rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_core cifs_md4 dns_resolver netfs xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE xt_set ip_set xt_addrtype nft_compat xfrm_user xfrm_algo tcp_dctcp tcp_htcp tcp_bbr snd_seq_dummy rfcomm snd_hrtimer snd_seq nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast nft_masq nft_reject_ipv4 act_csum cls_u32 sch_htb bridge stp llc overlay nf_nat_tftp nf_conntrack_tftp nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_ct qrtr cmac algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg bnep snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl snd_sof_intel_hda_generic soundwire_intel snd_sof_intel_hda_sdw_bpt snd_sof_intel_hda_common snd_soc_hdac_hda snd_sof_intel_hda_mlink snd_sof_intel_hda soundwire_cadence snd_sof_pci snd_sof_xtensa_dsp snd_sof snd_sof_utils
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  snd_soc_acpi_intel_match snd_soc_acpi_intel_sdca_quirks soundwire_generic_allocation snd_soc_acpi soundwire_bus snd_soc_sdca intel_uncore_frequency crc8 intel_uncore_frequency_common snd_soc_avs intel_tcc_cooling x86_pkg_temp_thermal snd_soc_hda_codec snd_hda_ext_core intel_powerclamp iwlmvm snd_soc_core coretemp snd_compress uvcvideo ac97_bus snd_hda_codec_hdmi mac80211 snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_usb_audio videobuf2_vmalloc kvm_intel snd_hda_intel uvc btusb libarc4 snd_intel_dspcfg ptp snd_usbmidi_lib btrtl videobuf2_memops kvm videobuf2_v4l2 pps_core processor_thermal_device_pci snd_ump snd_intel_sdw_acpi btintel videobuf2_common processor_thermal_device snd_hda_codec snd_rawmidi btbcm rapl xe processor_thermal_wt_hint videodev btmtk snd_hda_core intel_cstate snd_seq_device platform_temperature_control iTCO_wdt spi_nor xpad iwlwifi intel_pmc_bxt vfat snd_hwdep processor_thermal_rfim mousedev iTCO_vendor_support mtd spd5118 intel_rapl_msr bluetooth fat mc asus_nb_wmi ff_memless eeepc_wmi joydev snd_pcm
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  drm_gpuvm processor_thermal_rapl intel_uncore cfg80211 asus_wmi drm_gpusvm platform_profile snd_timer intel_rapl_common i2c_i801 gpu_sched processor_thermal_wt_req wmi_bmof sparse_keymap snd processor_thermal_power_floor i2c_smbus spi_intel_pci drm_exec processor_thermal_mbox soundcore i2c_mux drm_suballoc_helper rfkill int340x_thermal_zone spi_intel intel_pmc_core pmt_telemetry pmt_class int3400_thermal intel_pmc_ssram_telemetry acpi_thermal_rel intel_vsec acpi_tad acpi_pad mac_hid nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_chain_nat iptable_nat nf_nat nf_tables nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 loop zram 842_decompress 842_compress lz4hc_compress lz4_compress ip_tables x_tables hid_logitech_hidpp r8169 realtek intel_oc_wdt polyval_clmulni mdio_devres ghash_clmulni_intel nvme sha512_ssse3 libphy sha1_ssse3 nvme_core aesni_intel mdio_bus intel_lpss_pci intel_lpss nvme_keyring vmd idma64 nvme_auth pinctrl_alderlake hid_logitech_dj uinput ntsync nvidia_uvm(OE) i915(OE) drm_buddy
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  drm_display_helper cec i2c_algo_bit intel_agp intel_gtt vfio_pci vfio_pci_core nvidia_drm(OE) irqbypass vfio_iommu_type1 vfio nvidia_modeset(OE) iommufd sunrpc dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log nvidia(OE) drm_ttm_helper ttm video wmi i2c_dev dm_multipath sg crypto_user dm_mod nfnetlink
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] CPU: 21 UID: 1000 PID: 9845 Comm: baloo_file Tainted: G     UD W  OE       6.16.4-zen1-1-zen #1 PREEMPT(full)  3e4cf09ea66c3fbf5ae29710d9063f3e03b083f8
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] Tainted: [U]=USER, [D]=DIE, [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/PRIME Z690-P WIFI, BIOS 3801 05/14/2025
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RIP: 0010:do_exit+0x8a2/0xb40
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] Code: 0f fd ff ff 48 89 ee bf 05 06 00 00 e8 37 62 01 00 e9 0c f8 ff ff 0f 0b e9 a9 f7 ff ff 48 89 df e8 c3 6e 18 00 e9 ff f8 ff ff <0f> 0b e9 a3 f7 ff ff 48 8d 54 24 08 b9 04 00 00 00 31 c0 48 89 d7
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RSP: 0018:ffffc94671377ee0 EFLAGS: 00010282
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RAX: 0000000000000282 RBX: ffff893147e09b40 RCX: 000000000000270f
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000002710 RDI: 000000000000000b
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RBP: 000000000000000b R08: 000000000000000b R09: ffff893147e09b40
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] R10: ffffffffa09cd880 R11: ffffc946713771e8 R12: 0000000000000000
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] FS:  00007f0c3b15e9c0(0000) GS:ffff8938fee19000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] CR2: 000055a953d6199f CR3: 000000021e70f006 CR4: 0000000000f72ef0
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] PKRU: 55555554
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] Call Trace:
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  <TASK>
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  make_task_dead+0x8d/0x90
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  rewind_stack_and_make_dead+0x16/0x20
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RIP: 0033:0x55a953d619c9
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x55a953d6199f.
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RSP: 002b:00007ffdc8f17990 EFLAGS: 00010202
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RAX: 00007ffdc8f17990 RBX: 000055a96990da88 RCX: 0000000000000006
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RDX: 000055ac31e463a5 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 000055a96a9d5180
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] RBP: 00007ffdc8f179d0 R08: f600e21b77851a56 R09: 0000000000000080
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] R10: 0000000000000081 R11: 00007f0c3d758ee2 R12: 00007ffdc8f18190
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] R13: 00007ffdc8f17a20 R14: 000055a96990dad0 R15: 0000000000000000
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025]  </TASK>
[Wed Sep  3 07:45:20 2025] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

This doesn’t look good and seems like it may be related…though not sure how to interpret this…

This is what I got when running jctl:

> jctl
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: list_add double add: new=ffffffffc266d440, prev=ffffffff9fe02060, next=ffffffffc266d440.
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: Modules linked in: asus_nb_wmi(+) eeepc_wmi(+) joydev snd_pcm(+) drm_gpuvm processor_thermal_rapl intel_uncore(+) cfg80211(+) asus_wmi drm>
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel:  pinctrl_alderlake hid_logitech_dj uinput ntsync nvidia_uvm(OE) i915(OE) drm_buddy drm_display_helper cec i2c_algo_bit intel_agp intel_gtt>
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 1046 Comm: (udev-worker) Tainted: G     U     OE       6.16.4-zen1-1-zen #1 PREEMPT(full)  3e4cf09ea66c3fbf5ae29710d906>
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: Tainted: [U]=USER, [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/PRIME Z690-P WIFI, BIOS 3801 05/14/2025
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: RIP: 0010:__list_add_valid_or_report+0xaf/0xc0
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: Code: 89 d9 48 89 ee 48 c7 c7 b0 59 1e 9f e8 1a 08 12 00 0f 0b eb a4 48 89 fe 48 89 e9 48 89 da 48 c7 c7 00 5a 1e 9f e8 01 08 12 00 <0f> 0>
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: RSP: 0000:ffffc946422eb7c0 EFLAGS: 00010246
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff9fe02060 RCX: 0000000000000000
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: RDX: ffff89389f31cfc8 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff89389f31cfc0
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: RBP: ffffffffc266d440 R08: ffff8938bf751801 R09: 0000000000000000
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: R10: ffffffffa09cd880 R11: ffffc946422eb5f0 R12: ffff8931678c7c00
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffffff9eba9980 R15: 0000000000000040
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: FS:  00007f9905aac880(0000) GS:ffff8938fe9d9000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: CR2: 00007f2d38f5a000 CR3: 000000011393f001 CR4: 0000000000f70ef0
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: PKRU: 55555554
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel: Call Trace:
Sep 02 09:50:26 shaya-desktop kernel:  <TASK>

Seimus · September 3, 2025, 2:53pm

Either memory leaking or your memory went rogue.

That MOBO is DDR5 based. The early models (1st gen) of DDR5 MOBOs are still this day known to have weird issues with DDR5 memory.

Try to:

Update BIOS if there is any
Check if your advertised speed and CAS match with what is set in the bios for the RAM
Disable XMP
Test RAM using memtest

shayaknyc · September 3, 2025, 2:58pm

Already on latest BIOS

Yup

Ugh, ok, it’ll slow down the memory. Both the mobo and these DDR5 modules support 6000, without the XMP profile active, it will reduce to 4800, but let’s see…

I’ll do this next and we’ll see what results I get.

shayaknyc · September 3, 2025, 3:30pm

Ok, disabled XMP, then ran the memory test - memory passed. Speed is down to 4800 now… Let’s see if I get these OOM notifications again.

Seimus · September 3, 2025, 4:02pm

You are right it will slow down the RAM and it feels contra intuitive. But XMP/EXPO is basically overclocking.

From my ran with DDR5 mems I can tell you sometimes even this can cause problems. That’s why it’s always worth a try even if it sounds stupid

shayaknyc · September 3, 2025, 4:06pm

Yeah, I understand. Well, let’s see - hopefully no OOM!

Duke187 · September 3, 2025, 6:14pm

hm i didnt have it as a graphical warning but also in my journal. i dont have XMP enabled or active.

shayaknyc · September 3, 2025, 6:21pm

Yeah, these graphical notifications are new lol must have been a recent update.

Duke187 · September 3, 2025, 6:32pm

could be but since when lol i just see the same error when i was review my journal after firefox crashed again today

Duke187 · September 5, 2025, 10:02pm

Hi ,

how is it doing?

i have have installed the mainline kernel and reinstalled kwin and installed x11 and x11 sessions since 2 days now no plasma crash and even the high memory peak is gone hopefully

shayaknyc · September 6, 2025, 4:41pm

Ok, so no graphical notifications, but now I’ll come back to my desktop in the morning, and the browsers have crashed and closed. I primarily use google-chrome and chromium and they both crash after a few hours. The crash dumps don’t seem to have much information that I can determine. I did switch to linux-cachyos for now and see if that helps.

Duke187 · September 6, 2025, 5:22pm

hm okay sounds not good but intressting about Chrome and chromium. I just use chromium own build on my older iphone dev edition. My ios 15 dont accept newer browsers anymore and even couldnt use this forum site since july because they dropped ios 15 this year. i just see the theme lol . hope the next updates fixed somehow chromeium or chrome stuff. firefox dropped after the update half memory usage

before same website 9GB usage

shayaknyc · September 7, 2025, 11:59pm

For some reason, chromium is the only browser I can get on google meet calls and activate background filters, so I use that primarily for work, google-chrome only displays video, but can’t activate blur or background filters. Firedragon and Firefox both have horrible webcam/videoconf support, video is choppy or doesn’t display at all, and generally poorer video streaming support vs chromium-based browsers on my system for some reason.

system · September 21, 2025, 11:59pm

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