VirtualBox

Opened 13 years ago

Closed 13 years ago

#8088 closed defect (fixed)

VirtualBox.exe allocates 2x host RAM

Reported by: Catalin Patulea Owned by:
Component: other Version: VirtualBox 4.0.0
Keywords: Cc:
Guest type: other Host type: other

Description

VirtualBox.exe normally uses less than 100 MB of RAM on my machine. Some time after guest startup (can't repro reliably yet), it allocates 4 GB, then an extra 4 GB, causing my machine to grind to a halt while Windows scrambles to page other apps in and out of the pagefile. When I try to close the virtual machine, it gets stuck in Stopping and I have to kill the process manually.

  • Host OS: Windows XP x64
  • VirtualBox: 4.0.0 r69151 with extension pack 4.0.0 r69151
  • Guest OS: Ubuntu 10.04.1 32-bit
  • Host CPUs: 4 (i5 760)
  • Host RAM: 4 GB
  • Guest CPUs: 1
  • Guest RAM: 1 GB
  • VT-x: Enabled
  • Guest Additions: 4.0.0 r69151

Attachments:

  • Ubuntu.vbox - full vbox file of the VM in question
  • Ubuntu-2011-01-15-18-36-11.log - log file after trying to stop the machine (added a comment at the time I tried to close the machine)
  • procexp.png - Process Explorer list showing VB.exe at 8 GB
  • virtualbox_mem.png - graph of CPU, memory and I/O of VB.exe when bug has just happened
  • virtualbox_*.png - other Process Explorer pages for the VB.exe process
  • session_*.png - pages of the Session Information dialog for the VM
  • windbg_vadump.txt - !vadump of VB.exe just after noticing that it allocated 8 GB, before trying to stop the VM
  • windbg_stacks.txt - stacks of all threads, again before trying to stop the VM

Attachments (12)

Ubuntu.vbox (8.8 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 13 years ago.
full vbox file of the VM in question
Ubuntu-2011-01-15-18-36-11.log (61.4 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 13 years ago.
log file after trying to stop the machine (added a comment at the time I tried to close the machine)
procexp.png (29.7 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 13 years ago.
Process Explorer list showing VB.exe at 8 GB
virtualbox_mem.png (8.7 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 13 years ago.
graph of CPU, memory and I/O of VB.exe when bug has just happened
virtualbox_disk.png (9.5 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 13 years ago.
virtualbox_image.png (12.2 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 13 years ago.
virtualbox_perf.png (12.7 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 13 years ago.
virtualbox_threads.png (11.3 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 13 years ago.
session_details.png (15.2 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 13 years ago.
pages of the Session Information dialog for the VM
session_runtime.png (13.5 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 13 years ago.
pages of the Session Information dialog for the VM
windbg_vadump.txt (186.1 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 13 years ago.
!vadump of VB.exe just after noticing that it allocated 8 GB, before trying to stop the VM
windbg_stacks.txt (18.6 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 13 years ago.
stacks of all threads, again before trying to stop the VM

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Change History (14)

by Catalin Patulea, 13 years ago

Attachment: Ubuntu.vbox added

full vbox file of the VM in question

by Catalin Patulea, 13 years ago

log file after trying to stop the machine (added a comment at the time I tried to close the machine)

by Catalin Patulea, 13 years ago

Attachment: procexp.png added

Process Explorer list showing VB.exe at 8 GB

by Catalin Patulea, 13 years ago

Attachment: virtualbox_mem.png added

graph of CPU, memory and I/O of VB.exe when bug has just happened

by Catalin Patulea, 13 years ago

Attachment: virtualbox_disk.png added

by Catalin Patulea, 13 years ago

Attachment: virtualbox_image.png added

by Catalin Patulea, 13 years ago

Attachment: virtualbox_perf.png added

by Catalin Patulea, 13 years ago

Attachment: virtualbox_threads.png added

by Catalin Patulea, 13 years ago

Attachment: session_details.png added

pages of the Session Information dialog for the VM

by Catalin Patulea, 13 years ago

Attachment: session_runtime.png added

pages of the Session Information dialog for the VM

by Catalin Patulea, 13 years ago

Attachment: windbg_vadump.txt added

!vadump of VB.exe just after noticing that it allocated 8 GB, before trying to stop the VM

by Catalin Patulea, 13 years ago

Attachment: windbg_stacks.txt added

stacks of all threads, again before trying to stop the VM

comment:1 by Frank Mehnert, 13 years ago

Sounds like a duplicate of #7966. Could you check if this build fixes your issue?

comment:2 by Frank Mehnert, 13 years ago

Resolution: fixed
Status: newclosed

Should be fixed in VBox 4.0.4.

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