Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752089AbWISVr0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:47:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752090AbWISVr0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:47:26 -0400 Received: from dada.panelnet.cz ([213.220.233.243]:61571 "EHLO dada.panelnet.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752089AbWISVr0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:47:26 -0400 Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:47:24 +0200 From: Dalibor Straka To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Possible bug in ACPI Message-ID: <20060919214724.GB2073@panelnet.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1964 Lines: 35 Hello, I am often running out of memory. It looks like an ACPI code is guilty: dast@lili:~$ grep -i acpi /proc/slabinfo Acpi-Operand 3076 3127 64 59 1 : tunables 120 60 8 : slabdata 53 53 0 Acpi-ParseExt 16 59 64 59 1 : tunables 120 60 8 : slabdata 1 1 0 Acpi-Parse 76 92 40 92 1 : tunables 120 60 8 : slabdata 1 1 0 Acpi-State 1644960 1644960 80 48 1 : tunables 120 60 8 : slabdata 34270 34270 0 Acpi-Namespace 1177 1232 32 112 1 : tunables 120 60 8 : slabdata 11 11 0 dast@lili:~$ free Mem: 899280 892472 6808 0 82212 77936 -/+ buffers/cache: 732324 166956 Swap: 2634620 243052 2404568 dast@lili:~$ uname -a Linux lili 2.6.18-rc7 #1 SMP Sun Sep 17 15:01:00 CEST 2006 x86_64 Actualy the Acpi-State's memory is increasing slowly in minutes: Acpi-State 16176 16176 80 48 1 : tunables 120 60 8 : slabdata 337 337 0 Acpi-State 18816 18816 80 48 1 : tunables 120 60 8 : slabdata 392 392 0 Acpi-State 19200 19200 80 48 1 : tunables 120 60 8 : slabdata 400 400 0 Acpi-State 20160 20160 80 48 1 : tunables 120 60 8 : slabdata 420 420 0 I am not familiar with kernel sources, but i can do c pretty well. BTW: Bios says i have 1024MB, but kernel sees 899MB :-?. The system is pure HP nx6325. It happens with all the recent kernels .18-rc* .17.* and debian's distribution 2.6.17-1-amd64-k8-smp. Please Cc: to me, I read lkml only when I have a good mood. -- Dalibor Straka - 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/