Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262569AbTKZOOZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:14:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262652AbTKZOOY (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:14:24 -0500 Received: from bay2-f116.bay2.hotmail.com ([65.54.247.116]:24584 "EHLO hotmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262569AbTKZOOW (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:14:22 -0500 X-Originating-IP: [212.143.73.102] X-Originating-Email: [yuval_yeret@hotmail.com] From: "yuval yeret" To: sct@redhat.com, khali@linux-fr.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, yuval@exanet.com Subject: Re: 2.4.20-18 size-4096 memory leaks Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:14:21 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Nov 2003 14:14:22.0078 (UTC) FILETIME=[96A759E0:01C3B427] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 965 Lines: 27 >From: "Stephen C. Tweedie" > >That's not a leak, it simply sounds like cache effects. atime updates >result in journal commits under ext3, and those use at least a couple of >buffers at a time (one for the metadata descriptor block in the journal, >one for the journal commit.) Those aren't leaks --- they are temporary >use of cache, and once the IO has complete the memory can be immediately >reclaimed by the kernel if it is needed for anything else. I'm using noatime for my ext3 mount points ... > >Cheers, > Stephen > > _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail - 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/