Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751420AbWAWIbn (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:31:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751433AbWAWIbn (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:31:43 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:62795 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751420AbWAWIbm (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:31:42 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:33:47 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Ariel , Chase Venters , Arjan van de Ven , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: memory leak in scsi_cmd_cache 2.6.15 Message-ID: <20060123083347.GA12773@suse.de> References: <1137997104.2977.7.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <200601230029.12674.chase.venters@clientec.com> <20060123072556.GC15490@fifty-fifty.audible.transient.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060123072556.GC15490@fifty-fifty.audible.transient.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1204 Lines: 31 On Sun, Jan 22 2006, Jamie Heilman wrote: > Ariel wrote: > > I'm on ICH5, but also Sil3112 and HighPoint 372N. > > > > Jamie has ICH6 and Sil3112. > > > > ata_piix seems like it's in common for all, but this is not a lot of > > systems, so it could just be a coincidence and the problem caused by > > something that's not chipset specific. > > Hmm. I just moved my sata_sil stuff out of the way and rebooted: > > $ uptime; grep scsi_cmd_cache /proc/slabinfo > 23:22:16 up 4 min, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.00 > scsi_cmd_cache 1200 1200 384 10 1 : tunables 54 27 8 : slabdata 120 120 0 > > My other workstation also runs 2.6.15.1 but uses sata_nv and doesn't > exhibit the problem. The SATA low level driver is very unlikely to play a role in this. But you are both using md (raid1 to be specific) on top of scsi, I'd say that's the best clue. I'd very much doubt the nvidia module as well. -- Jens Axboe - 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/