From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 28 09:29:13 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64A8116A47D for ; Mon, 28 May 2007 09:29:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDDB713C45A for ; Mon, 28 May 2007 09:29:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id u2so843131uge for ; Mon, 28 May 2007 02:29:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition; b=hBzyMAEXKt4fFelgC4pgtl/Rhml/YeKrDLSV6EQkjI/53iFRHQQ9MGibHthxV3boJLyt1WeM/VmEa9I+q8eXE2j1J+d5NcA4iZsa6VcK3vwqtNiLx0HQ1oOew3l5biwpHnuHOZ8AASNLN8TE9Oj3jWkoQr1AYfJXxhiFyZuEfB4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition; b=CzW0zEj0Fq06qiuS0QnNLFLz/dzf3DnYnOwuIIYlggCFgSNoQ2++zDOPYdQprfswm/v1+BWNcpCkhF8uBg6Fm6I4CbOKK9ksZO2XV3i2DERJCtgx/06pZi+HDMWD4zOVYaNEsz2uElbE/yYqnEW5kI8RXvpOrZVx1zyUzsO4Nho= Received: by 10.78.200.3 with SMTP id x3mr1584370huf.1180344550609; Mon, 28 May 2007 02:29:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from roadrunner.q.local ( [85.180.187.24]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 31sm44516nfu.2007.05.28.02.29.08; Mon, 28 May 2007 02:29:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from roadrunner.q.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by roadrunner.q.local (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l4S9T5Kg002367 for ; Mon, 28 May 2007 11:29:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: (from q@localhost) by roadrunner.q.local (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l4S9T5qY002366 for stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 11:29:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 11:29:05 +0200 From: Ulrich Spoerlein To: stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070528092905.GB1551@roadrunner.q.local> Mail-Followup-To: stable@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Change in memory tracking in recent 6-STABLE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 09:29:13 -0000 Hi there, I'm using symon to monitor memory usage among several FreeBSD machines. After updating to a recent 6-STABLE, the amount of memory no longer adds up to the total physical memory. The "inactive" counter is way too small. Which recent changes could have caused this? Is it a bug in symon or in FreeBSD? An example of the difference can be found here: http://coyote.dnsalias.net/memory.png Ulrich Spoerlein -- "The trouble with the dictionary is you have to know how the word is spelled before you can look it up to see how it is spelled." -- Will Cuppy