Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1031122Ab3DSQnR (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:43:17 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:47658 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1031065Ab3DSQnP (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:43:15 -0400 Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:43:10 -0700 From: Michal Hocko To: Han Pingtian Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Rientjes Subject: Re: OOM-killer and strange RSS value in 3.9-rc7 Message-ID: <20130419164310.GA29871@dhcp22.suse.cz> References: <20130416110009.GA2664@localhost.localdomain> <20130417094750.GB2672@localhost.localdomain> <20130417141909.GA24912@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20130418101541.GC2672@localhost.localdomain> <20130418175513.GA12581@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20130419023345.GE2672@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130419023345.GE2672@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1236 Lines: 29 [Do not drop people from the CC please] On Fri 19-04-13 10:33:45, Han Pingtian wrote: > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:55:14AM -0700, Michal Hocko wrote: [...] > > What is the kernel that you are using and what config? > > > We are testing a alpha version of a enterprise linux which using a 3.7 > series kernel. On this 3.7 kernel we encountered the oom killer problem. So > we decide to see if the problem can be reproduced on 3.9-rc7. We > configured 3.9-rc7 by copying the enterprise linux's config file to > .config and then run 'make localmodconfig' and pressed enter to all the > questions. Then the oom problem is reproduced on the 3.9-rc7. > > But we also used the same method to config 3.9-rc7 on another company's > enterprise linux yesterday and found that the problem cannot be > reproduced there. So maybe the leak is caused by some userspace > applications? No application should cause in-kernel mem leak. What is the difference in the two configs? -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/