Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 14 Apr 2002 20:28:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 14 Apr 2002 20:28:17 -0400 Received: from amethyst.es.usyd.edu.au ([129.78.124.28]:4287 "EHLO amethyst.es.usyd.edu.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 14 Apr 2002 20:28:15 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 10:28:00 +1000 (EST) From: ivan To: Alan Cox cc: Subject: Re: Memory Leaking. Help! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Alan Cox wrote: > > > totally mislead by it. Named for example will grow and shrink over time > > > according to what it has cached and what people asked for. > > > > But it took half of my swap (4GB) as well. A bit too much > > for a little bind. How to explain this? > > 2Gb seems a bit odd - are you sure bind is the one that ate it ? That was 4 GB not 2. No, I do not. That is why I asked is there a way to find out what is eating ram. I am not sure if this a leakage. I am only a paranoid sysadmin. > What does ps -aux imply has all the memory ? Top at 9am showed 3.2GB of availabe memory. Top at 10am showed 2.3Gb of available memory This top at 11am 10:19am up 13:23, 6 users, load average: 0.07, 0.03, 0.01 143 processes: 142 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped CPU0 states: 0.0% user, 5.0% system, 0.0% nice, 94.0% idle CPU1 states: 0.0% user, 1.0% system, 0.0% nice, 98.0% idle Mem: 3799080K av, 2215132K used, 1583948K free, 1580K shrd, 377916K buff Swap: 8192992K av, 0K used, 8192992K free 1515392K cached Mashine is doing NFS and DNS, not much load? USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 0.0 0.0 1388 524 ? S Apr14 0:03 init root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [keventd] root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SWN Apr14 0:00 [ksoftirqd_CPU0] root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SWN Apr14 0:00 [ksoftirqd_CPU1] root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:05 [kswapd] root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [kreclaimd] root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:01 [bdflush] root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [kupdated] root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW< Apr14 0:00 [mdrecoveryd] root 16 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [aacraid] root 19 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [kjournald] root 102 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [khubd] root 200 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [kjournald] root 201 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [kjournald] root 202 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [kjournald] root 203 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [kjournald] root 204 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [kjournald] root 205 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [kjournald] root 206 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [kjournald] root 207 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:01 [kjournald] root 208 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [kjournald] root 611 0.0 0.0 1452 596 ? S Apr14 0:00 syslogd -m 0 root 616 0.0 0.0 2000 1140 ? S Apr14 0:00 klogd -2 rpc 636 0.0 0.0 1544 656 ? S Apr14 0:00 portmap rpcuser 664 0.0 0.0 1596 768 ? S Apr14 0:00 rpc.statd root 760 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [kjournald] ntp 780 0.0 0.0 1900 1892 ? SL Apr14 0:00 ntpd -U ntp root 849 0.0 0.0 1496 636 ? S Apr14 0:00 /usr/sbin/automou root 865 0.0 0.0 1500 640 ? S Apr14 0:00 /usr/sbin/automou daemon 890 0.0 0.0 1424 580 ? S Apr14 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd named 908 0.0 0.1 13956 3988 ? S Apr14 0:00 named -u named named 910 0.0 0.1 13956 3988 ? S Apr14 0:00 named -u named named 911 0.0 0.1 13956 3988 ? S Apr14 0:00 named -u named named 912 0.0 0.1 13956 3988 ? S Apr14 0:00 named -u named named 913 0.0 0.1 13956 3988 ? S Apr14 0:00 named -u named named 914 0.0 0.1 13956 3988 ? S Apr14 0:00 named -u named root 934 0.0 0.0 2652 1248 ? S Apr14 0:01 /usr/sbin/sshd root 967 0.0 0.0 2296 1040 ? S Apr14 0:00 xinetd -stayalive lp 991 0.0 0.0 2560 984 ? S Apr14 0:00 lpd Waiting root 1021 0.0 0.0 1776 636 ? S Apr14 0:00 rpc.rquotad root 1026 0.0 0.0 2012 1164 ? S Apr14 0:00 rpc.mountd root 1031 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:02 [nfsd] root 1032 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:02 [nfsd] root 1033 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:02 [nfsd] root 1034 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:02 [nfsd] root 1035 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:02 [nfsd] root 1036 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:02 [nfsd] root 1037 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:02 [nfsd] root 1038 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:02 [nfsd] root 1039 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [lockd] root 1040 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Apr14 0:00 [rpciod] root 1046 0.0 0.0 3844 1580 ? S Apr14 0:00 amd -F /etc/amd.c root 2202 0.0 0.0 1384 480 ? S Apr14 0:00 /opt/win4lin/bin/ root 2254 0.0 0.0 1416 484 ? S Apr14 0:00 gpm -t ps/2 -m /d root 2272 0.0 0.0 1572 684 ? S Apr14 0:00 crond xfs 2332 0.0 0.1 5520 4228 ? S Apr14 0:00 xfs -droppriv -da root 2358 0.0 0.0 2596 948 ? S Apr14 0:00 /usr/sbin/nsrexec root 2368 0.0 0.0 2564 1196 ? S Apr14 0:00 /usr/sbin/nsrexec root 2374 0.0 0.0 8840 852 ? S Apr14 0:00 /usr/bin/sdaemon root 2375 0.0 0.0 8840 852 ? S Apr14 0:00 /usr/bin/sdaemon root 2378 0.0 0.0 2320 1132 tty1 S Apr14 0:00 login -- root root 2379 0.0 0.0 1360 440 tty2 S Apr14 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tt root 2380 0.0 0.0 1360 440 tty3 S Apr14 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tt root 2381 0.0 0.0 1360 440 tty4 S Apr14 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tt root 2382 0.0 0.0 1360 440 tty5 S Apr14 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tt root 2383 0.0 0.0 1360 440 tty6 S Apr14 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tt root 2754 0.0 0.0 1408 496 ? SN Apr14 0:41 free -b -s 30 -o root 4357 0.0 0.0 3400 1860 ? S 07:46 0:02 /usr/sbin/sshd root 4359 0.0 0.0 2436 1320 pts/1 S 07:47 0:00 -bash root 4459 0.1 0.0 3656 2028 ? S 08:04 0:15 /usr/sbin/sshd root 4462 0.0 0.0 2440 1320 pts/2 S 08:04 0:00 -bash root 5610 0.0 0.0 2440 1308 tty1 S 09:34 0:00 -bash root 5757 0.0 0.0 2204 972 tty1 S 09:36 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/X11R root 5764 0.0 0.0 2420 672 tty1 S 09:36 0:00 xinit /etc/X11/xi root 5765 0.2 0.2 17664 10584 ? S< 09:36 0:07 /etc/X11/X :0 root 5768 0.0 0.1 7176 4004 tty1 S 09:36 0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-se root 5787 0.0 0.0 6268 2084 ? S 09:36 0:00 gnome-smproxy --s root 5791 0.0 0.0 5776 3584 ? S 09:36 0:01 sawfish --sm-clie root 5816 0.0 0.0 7120 3220 ? S 09:36 0:00 magicdev --sm-cli root 5818 0.0 0.2 40124 11068 ? S 09:36 0:01 nautilus start-he root 5820 0.0 0.1 8652 5252 ? S 09:36 0:00 panel --sm-client root 5826 0.0 0.0 3276 1276 ? S 09:36 0:00 gnome-name-servic root 5829 0.0 0.0 3936 2348 ? S 09:36 0:00 oafd --ac-activat root 5834 0.0 0.0 3236 1696 ? S 09:36 0:00 gconfd-1 --oaf-ac root 5838 0.0 0.2 40124 11068 ? S 09:36 0:00 nautilus start-he root 5839 0.0 0.2 40124 11068 ? S 09:36 0:00 nautilus start-he root 5840 0.0 0.2 40124 11068 ? S 09:36 0:00 nautilus start-he root 5842 0.0 0.1 7596 3972 ? S 09:36 0:00 tasklist_applet - root 5844 0.0 0.1 7520 3904 ? S 09:36 0:00 deskguide_applet root 5847 0.0 0.0 7508 3696 ? S 09:36 0:00 multiload_applet root 5853 0.0 0.1 12088 5740 ? S 09:36 0:00 nautilus-throbber root 5859 0.0 0.1 13444 7160 ? S 09:37 0:00 hyperbola --oaf-a root 5861 0.0 0.1 12072 5800 ? S 09:37 0:00 nautilus-history- root 5863 0.0 0.1 12352 6336 ? S 09:37 0:00 nautilus-news --o root 5865 0.0 0.1 12036 5620 ? S 09:37 0:00 nautilus-notes -- root 5879 0.0 0.2 40124 11068 ? S 09:37 0:00 nautilus start-he root 5880 0.0 0.2 40124 11068 ? S 09:37 0:00 nautilus start-he root 5881 0.0 0.2 40124 11068 ? S 09:37 0:00 nautilus start-he root 5882 0.0 0.2 40124 11068 ? S 09:37 0:00 nautilus start-he root 5885 0.0 0.2 40124 11068 ? S 09:37 0:00 nautilus start-he root 5889 0.0 0.2 40124 11068 ? S 09:37 0:00 nautilus start-he root 5890 0.0 0.2 40124 11068 ? S 09:37 0:00 nautilus start-he root 5893 0.0 0.2 40124 11068 ? S 09:37 0:00 nautilus start-he root 5895 0.0 0.1 8320 4496 ? S 09:37 0:00 gnome-terminal -- root 5896 0.0 0.2 40124 11068 ? S 09:37 0:00 nautilus start-he root 5897 0.0 0.2 40124 11068 ? S 09:37 0:00 nautilus start-he root 5899 0.0 0.0 1424 568 ? S 09:37 0:00 gnome-pty-helper root 5900 0.0 0.0 2516 1380 pts/5 S 09:37 0:00 bash root 6135 0.0 0.0 2512 1352 pts/6 S 09:38 0:00 bash root 6158 0.0 0.0 2832 1676 pts/6 S 09:38 0:00 slogin eos14 -l r root 6807 0.1 0.3 20780 14908 pts/5 S 09:39 0:02 /opt/acrobat/Read root 6834 0.2 0.3 19932 14248 pts/2 S 09:45 0:07 /opt/acrobat/Read root 7048 5.0 0.0 3420 1960 ? S 10:26 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd scottd 7052 1.2 0.0 2796 1548 ? S 10:26 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /us scottd 7055 6.2 0.0 52052 1768 ? S 10:26 0:00 /opt/win4lin/publ scottd 7310 71.0 0.1 50068 4380 ? R 10:26 0:01 /opt/win4lin/publ scottd 7311 0.0 0.0 25960 392 ? S 10:26 0:00 auserver 0x0 0x8 scottd 7312 4.5 0.0 5464 2544 ? S 10:26 0:00 /opt/win4lin/xcrt root 7313 0.0 0.0 2828 900 pts/2 R 10:26 0:00 ps -aux -- There's an old story about the person who wished his computer were as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone. ================================================================================ Ivan Teliatnikov, F05 David Edgeworth Building, Department of Geology and Geophysics, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, 2006 Australia e-mail: ivan@es.usyd.edu.au ph: 061-2-9351-2031 (w) fax: 061-2-9351-0184 (w) =============================================================================== - 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/