Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261384AbVEIOVT (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 May 2005 10:21:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261380AbVEIOVT (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 May 2005 10:21:19 -0400 Received: from zak.futurequest.net ([69.5.6.152]:36012 "HELO zak.futurequest.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261388AbVEIOUx (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 May 2005 10:20:53 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 08:20:50 -0600 From: Bruce Guenter To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How to diagnose a kernel memory leak Message-ID: <20050509142050.GA16663@em.ca> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20050509035823.GA13715@em.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1171 Lines: 34 --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 12:05:03AM -0600, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > Try looking at slabtop(1) output after a few days. Well, this is interesting and all, and reiser_inode_cache is taking up a lot of memory, but according to the /proc/meminfo I had posted, slab is only using about 60MB. It doesn't appear to be the cause of any leaks. --=20 Bruce Guenter http://em.ca/~bruceg/ http://untroubled.org/ OpenPGP key: 699980E8 / D0B7 C8DD 365D A395 29DA 2E2A E96F B2DC 6999 80E8 --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCf3HC6W+y3GmZgOgRAvTEAKCCHXTFbsbehEN/2o/iya/b955lMQCgikga 0Pyi8XfdvynYVFL5mgzgBmA= =NUKe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6-- - 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/