Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261393AbVEIOYe (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 May 2005 10:24:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261395AbVEIOYY (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 May 2005 10:24:24 -0400 Received: from zak.futurequest.net ([69.5.6.152]:32173 "HELO zak.futurequest.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261387AbVEIOXn (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 May 2005 10:23:43 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 08:23:38 -0600 From: Bruce Guenter To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How to diagnose a kernel memory leak Message-ID: <20050509142338.GB16663@em.ca> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20050509035823.GA13715@em.ca> <1115627361.936.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="+pHx0qQiF2pBVqBT" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1115627361.936.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1411 Lines: 42 --+pHx0qQiF2pBVqBT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 10:29:21AM +0200, Alexander Nyberg wrote: > You should keep an eye on /proc/meminfo but if there is memory that is > not accounted for then the patch below might help as it works on a > lower level. It accounts for bare pages in the system available from > /proc/page_owner. > Select Track page owner under kernel hacking. I will try that the next time I have to reboot. As this is a server, I cannot arbitrarily take it down unfortunately. > Also the meminfo you posted, how long had the box been alive when you > took it? Almost exactly 2 days. --=20 Bruce Guenter http://em.ca/~bruceg/ http://untroubled.org/ OpenPGP key: 699980E8 / D0B7 C8DD 365D A395 29DA 2E2A E96F B2DC 6999 80E8 --+pHx0qQiF2pBVqBT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCf3Jq6W+y3GmZgOgRAu5/AKCWssu6XvWzs22njvsEy7B7hs/BsQCePHK5 ogUYDOz5JFm/pnPVk+WYiwA= =ksCy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+pHx0qQiF2pBVqBT-- - 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/