Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263167AbUDZR6h (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Apr 2004 13:58:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263366AbUDZR6h (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Apr 2004 13:58:37 -0400 Received: from uslink-66.173.43-129.uslink.net ([66.173.43.129]:32146 "EHLO dingdong.cryptoapps.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263167AbUDZR6f (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Apr 2004 13:58:35 -0400 Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:58:25 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ext3 inode cache eats system, news at 11 Message-ID: <20040426175825.GA31202@dingdong.cryptoapps.com> References: <20040426171856.22514.qmail@lwn.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040426171856.22514.qmail@lwn.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 677 Lines: 22 On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:18:56AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Of my 800MB of slab use, those two are responsible for 755MB. I see this too sometimes. Basically slab grows insanely large and you run out of lowmem and all turns crappy. Even with 64-bit arch's like yours the sab can still get out of hand, I've seen 5GB used on an 8GB machine. It's not ext3 specific, other filesystems can and will do this too. --cw - 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/