2.4 GHz Wi-Fi card (ath9k) fails to load
A few members of our community reported to us that ath9k is not enable to load. Perhaps due to vmalloc error?
Snips from forum thread: 1.
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.898428] vmap allocation for size 356352 failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.906477] kmodloader: vmalloc: allocation failure: 352256 bytes, mode:0x14000c0(GFP_KERNEL), nodemask=(null)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 info kernel[]: [ 17.916514] kmodloader cpuset=/ mems_allowed=0
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.920973] CPU: 1 PID: 1386 Comm: kmodloader Not tainted 4.14.179 #0
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.927426] Hardware name: Marvell Armada 380/385 (Device Tree)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.933371] [<c010f8ac>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c010b378>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.941136] [<c010b378>] (show_stack) from [<c07c0a60>] (dump_stack+0x94/0xa8)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.948379] [<c07c0a60>] (dump_stack) from [<c01e6dc0>] (warn_alloc+0xd0/0x190)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.955710] [<c01e6dc0>] (warn_alloc) from [<c02193f4>] (__vmalloc_node_range+0x22c/0x238)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.964004] [<c02193f4>] (__vmalloc_node_range) from [<c010c878>] (module_alloc+0x4c/0x54)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.972304] [<c010c878>] (module_alloc) from [<c019ffd0>] (load_module+0x9e4/0x2134)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.980070] [<c019ffd0>] (load_module) from [<c01a1868>] (SyS_init_module+0x148/0x198)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.988009] [<c01a1868>] (SyS_init_module) from [<c0107940>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x54)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.996134] Mem-Info:
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.998416] active_anon:406 inactive_anon:0 isolated_anon:0
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.998416] active_file:3472 inactive_file:2011 isolated_file:0
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.998416] unevictable:0 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.998416] slab_reclaimable:558 slab_unreclaimable:1811
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.998416] mapped:311 shmem:4 pagetables:29 bounce:0
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 17.998416] free:504092 free_pcp:322 free_cma:0
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.030589] Node 0 active_anon:1708kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:13888kB inactive_file:8044kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB mapped:1244kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB shmem:16kB writeback_tmp:0kB unstable:0kB all_unreclaimable? no
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.052993] Normal free:735192kB min:3476kB low:4344kB high:5212kB active_anon:0kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:2904kB inactive_file:1860kB unevictable:0kB writepending:0kB present:786432kB managed:757276kB mlocked:0kB kernel_stack:1144kB pagetables:132kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:712kB local_pcp:168kB free_cma:0kB
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.080536] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 10240 10240
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.084768] HighMem free:1280796kB min:512kB low:2016kB high:3520kB active_anon:1584kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:11004kB inactive_file:6196kB unevictable:0kB writepending:0kB present:1310720kB managed:1310720kB mlocked:0kB kernel_stack:0kB pagetables:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:684kB local_pcp:192kB free_cma:0kB
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.112480] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.115986] Normal: 38*4kB (U) 3*8kB (M) 5*16kB (UM) 13*32kB (UM) 4*64kB (ME) 4*128kB (ME) 5*256kB (UM) 6*512kB (UME) 6*1024kB (UME) 3*2048kB (UM) 175*4096kB (M) = 734880kB
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.131444] HighMem: 1*4kB (U) 2*8kB (UM) 9*16kB (UM) 5*32kB (M) 2*64kB (M) 1*128kB (M) 1*256kB (U) 2*512kB (UM) 1*1024kB (U) 0*2048kB 312*4096kB (M) = 1280836kB
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.145953] 5496 total pagecache pages
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.149719] 0 pages in swap cache
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.153072] Swap cache stats: add 0, delete 0, find 0/0
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.158315] Free swap = 0kB
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.161204] Total swap = 0kB
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.164107] 524288 pages RAM
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.166995] 327680 pages HighMem/MovableOnly
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.171276] 7289 pages reserved
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2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.191092] vmap allocation for size 356352 failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.199171] kmodloader: vmalloc: allocation failure: 352256 bytes, mode:0x14000c0(GFP_KERNEL), nodemask=(null)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 info kernel[]: [ 18.209227] kmodloader cpuset=/ mems_allowed=0
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.213713] CPU: 1 PID: 1386 Comm: kmodloader Not tainted 4.14.179 #0
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.220175] Hardware name: Marvell Armada 380/385 (Device Tree)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.226133] [<c010f8ac>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c010b378>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.233912] [<c010b378>] (show_stack) from [<c07c0a60>] (dump_stack+0x94/0xa8)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.241172] [<c07c0a60>] (dump_stack) from [<c01e6dc0>] (warn_alloc+0xd0/0x190)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.248514] [<c01e6dc0>] (warn_alloc) from [<c02193f4>] (__vmalloc_node_range+0x22c/0x238)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.256816] [<c02193f4>] (__vmalloc_node_range) from [<c010c878>] (module_alloc+0x4c/0x54)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.265121] [<c010c878>] (module_alloc) from [<c019ffd0>] (load_module+0x9e4/0x2134)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.272895] [<c019ffd0>] (load_module) from [<c01a1868>] (SyS_init_module+0x148/0x198)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 warning kernel[]: [ 18.280852] [<c01a1868>] (SyS_init_module) from [<c0107940>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x54)
2020-05-12 17:20:39 err kernel[]: 18.289582] kmodloader: 4 modules could not be probed
2020-05-12 17:20:39 err kernel[]: 18.294710] kmodloader: dependency not loaded ath9k_hw
2020-05-12 17:20:39 err kernel[]: 18.299890] kmodloader: dependency not loaded ath9k_common
2020-05-12 17:20:39 err kernel[]: 18.305485] kmodloader: - ath9k - 2
2020-05-12 17:20:39 err kernel[]: 18.308997] kmodloader: dependency not loaded ath9k_hw
2020-05-12 17:20:39 err kernel[]: 18.314171] kmodloader: - ath9k_common - 1
2020-05-12 17:20:39 err kernel[]: 18.318289] kmodloader: dependency not loaded ath9k_hw
2020-05-12 17:20:39 err kernel[]: 18.323457] kmodloader: dependency not loaded ath9k_common
2020-05-12 17:20:39 err kernel[]: 18.328969] kmodloader: - ath9k_htc - 2
2020-05-12 17:20:39 err kernel[]: 18.332829] kmodloader: - ath9k_hw - 0
[680735.389653] vmap allocation for size 356352 failed: use vmalloc= to increase size
[680735.397809] modprobe: vmalloc: allocation failure: 352256 bytes, mode:0x14000c0(GFP_KERNEL), nodemask=(null)
[680735.407768] modprobe cpuset=/ mems_allowed=0
[680735.412139] CPU: 0 PID: 12942 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 4.14.172 #0
[680735.418593] Hardware name: Marvell Armada 380/385 (Device Tree)
[680735.424623] [] (unwind_backtrace) from [] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
[680735.432475] [] (show_stack) from [] (dump_stack+0x94/0xa8)
[680735.439807] [] (dump_stack) from [] (warn_alloc+0xd0/0x190)
[680735.447226] [] (warn_alloc) from [] (__vmalloc_node_range+0x22c/0x238)
[680735.455598] [] (__vmalloc_node_range) from [] (module_alloc+0x4c/0x54)
[680735.463974] [] (module_alloc) from [] (load_module+0x9e4/0x2134)
[680735.471825] [] (load_module) from [] (SyS_init_module+0x148/0x198)
[680735.479851] [] (SyS_init_module) from [] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x54)
[680735.488070] Mem-Info:
[680735.490468] active_anon:27454 inactive_anon:40004 isolated_anon:0
[680735.490468] active_file:100157 inactive_file:91920 isolated_file:0
[680735.490468] unevictable:0 dirty:36 writeback:0 unstable:0
[680735.490468] slab_reclaimable:4080 slab_unreclaimable:4248
[680735.490468] mapped:7240 shmem:27177 pagetables:413 bounce:0
[680735.490468] free:238316 free_pcp:400 free_cma:0
More details in huge thread: https://forum.turris.cz/t/turris-os-5-0-0-is-released-in-hbt/12733/55?u=pepe