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Subject: Re: Severe Linux 2.4 kernel memory leakage
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From: Florian Weimer <Florian.Weimer@RUS.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>
Date: 25 Nov 2001 16:03:55 +0100
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Chris Chabot <chabotc@reviewboard.com> writes:

> When the box keeps on running for about a month,

Which kernels have you run for about a month, and which ones showed
this extreme behavior?  Obviously not 2.4.15...

The amount of available memory decreasing is quite normal, due to the
growing cache.

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