#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 14 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 14 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 14 years ago.: Process Explorer list showing VB.exe at 8 GB
virtualbox_mem.png (8.7 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 14 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 14 years ago.
virtualbox_image.png (12.2 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 14 years ago.
virtualbox_perf.png (12.7 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 14 years ago.
virtualbox_threads.png (11.3 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 14 years ago.
session_details.png (15.2 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 14 years ago.: pages of the Session Information dialog for the VM
session_runtime.png (13.5 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 14 years ago.: pages of the Session Information dialog for the VM
windbg_vadump.txt (186.1 KB ) - added by Catalin Patulea 14 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 14 years ago.: stacks of all threads, again before trying to stop the VM

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Change History (14)

by Catalin Patulea, 14 years ago

Attachment:	Ubuntu.vbox added

full vbox file of the VM in question

by Catalin Patulea, 14 years ago

Attachment:	Ubuntu-2011-01-15-18-36-11.log added

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

by Catalin Patulea, 14 years ago

Attachment:	procexp.png added

Process Explorer list showing VB.exe at 8 GB

by Catalin Patulea, 14 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, 14 years ago

Attachment:	virtualbox_disk.png added

by Catalin Patulea, 14 years ago

Attachment:	virtualbox_image.png added

by Catalin Patulea, 14 years ago

Attachment:	virtualbox_perf.png added

by Catalin Patulea, 14 years ago

Attachment:	virtualbox_threads.png added

by Catalin Patulea, 14 years ago

Attachment:	session_details.png added

pages of the Session Information dialog for the VM

by Catalin Patulea, 14 years ago

Attachment:	session_runtime.png added

pages of the Session Information dialog for the VM

by Catalin Patulea, 14 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, 14 years ago

Attachment:	windbg_stacks.txt added

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

comment:1 by Frank Mehnert, 14 years ago

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

comment:2 by Frank Mehnert, 14 years ago

Resolution:	→ fixed
Status:	new → closed

Should be fixed in VBox 4.0.4.

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