Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 21:55:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 21:55:20 -0500 Received: from packet.digeo.com ([12.110.80.53]:12517 "EHLO packet.digeo.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 21:55:19 -0500 Message-ID: <3DE82A4C.B8332D8E@digeo.com> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 19:02:36 -0800 From: Andrew Morton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.5.46 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Zwane Mwaikambo CC: Javier Marcet , Rik van Riel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Exaggerated swap usage References: <20021130013832.GF15682@jerry.marcet.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Nov 2002 03:02:36.0740 (UTC) FILETIME=[EFAD1840:01C2981C] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1192 Lines: 40 Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > > Hmm i'm using 2.4.19-rmap15 Don't think so. > > total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: > Mem: 525332480 522969088 2363392 0 10117120 365477888 > Swap: 2154938368 873652224 1281286144 > MemTotal: 513020 kB > MemFree: 2308 kB > MemShared: 0 kB > Buffers: 9880 kB > Cached: 282768 kB > SwapCached: 74144 kB > Active: 273452 kB > Inactive: 194068 kB > HighTotal: 0 kB > HighFree: 0 kB > LowTotal: 513020 kB > LowFree: 2308 kB > SwapTotal: 2104432 kB > SwapFree: 1251256 kB That's stock 2.4 meminfo output. - "Inactive: %8u kB\n" + "Inact_dirty: %8u kB\n" + "Inact_laundry:%8u kB\n" + "Inact_clean: %8u kB\n" + "Inact_target: %8lu kB\n" You're using an extraordinary amount of swap. Is something leaking? - 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/