Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752740AbXLEOKP (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:10:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751850AbXLEOKB (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:10:01 -0500 Received: from bizon.gios.gov.pl ([212.244.124.8]:43529 "EHLO bizon.gios.gov.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751566AbXLEOKA (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:10:00 -0500 Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 15:09:05 +0100 (CET) From: Krzysztof Oledzki X-X-Sender: olel@bizon.gios.gov.pl To: bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org cc: Thomas Osterried , Andrew Morton , Nick Piggin , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [Bug 9182] Critical memory leak (dirty pages) In-Reply-To: <20071205135655.1A832108010@picon.linux-foundation.org> Message-ID: References: <20071205135655.1A832108010@picon.linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-187430788-2025954388-1196863745=:25120" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1756 Lines: 51 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---187430788-2025954388-1196863745=:25120 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Wed, 5 Dec 2007, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D9182 > > > olel@ans.pl changed: > > What |Removed |Added > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- > Component|Other |Other > KernelVersion|2.6.22-stable/2.6.23-stable |2.6.20-stable/2.6.22- > | |stable/2.6.23-stable > Product|IO/Storage |Memory Management > Regression|0 |1 > Summary|Strange system hangs |Critical memory leak (dir= ty > | |pages) > After additional hint from Thomas Osterried I can confirm that the problem= =20 I have been dealing with for half of a year comes from continuous dirty=20 pages increas: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=3D13864&action=3Dview (in 1 KB= =20 units) So, after two days of uptime I have ~140MB of dirty pages and that=20 explains why my system crashes every 2-3 weeks. Best regards, =09=09=09=09Krzysztof Ol=EAdzki ---187430788-2025954388-1196863745=:25120-- -- 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/