Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 13:31:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Seth <seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> To: Greg Quinlan <greg@qmpgmc.ac.uk> Cc: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, Ilya Balashov <tsw@inec.ru>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory leaks & kernel panic/reboot & ahc reboot Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905191330050.4380-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> In-Reply-To: <002401bea1db$30df4180$380051c2@greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk>
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Where is your memory leak? "Inactive" memory is replaceable cache and is not evidence of any memory leakage. You've got 84 megs of available memory in your 'top' output below (not including your swap). SB On Wed, 19 May 1999, Greg Quinlan wrote: > That is it!!!!!! > > Here is output 'top' after 1 day. This could easily cause a panic/reboot > once swap has run-out and may also be related to the ahc reboot problem, and > kernel panic reboots I have been experiencing. > > I am starting to see a common thread....... I use the 'ahc' controller. > > This can easily be reproduced..... > > Daniel do you use the 'ahc' controller? > > Can others that use the 'ahc' controller also check 'top' > > last pid: 47457; load averages: 0.15, 0.06, 0.01 up 1+00:50:22 > 10:19:24 > 55 processes: 1 running, 54 sleeping > CPU states: 1.2% user, 0.0% nice, 0.4% system, 0.4% interrupt, 98.1% > idle > Mem: 12M Active, 72M Inact, 30M Wired, 6432K Cache, 8007K Buf, 2536K Free > Swap: 128M Total, 1024K Used, 127M Free, 1% Inuse > > PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME WCPU CPU COMMAND > 585 root 2 0 1608K 1156K select 8:28 0.00% 0.00% natd > 406 root 2 0 2344K 2008K select 0:25 0.00% 0.00% named > 602 root 2 0 1448K 916K select 0:19 0.00% 0.00% nmbd > 507 root 2 0 1488K 900K select 0:04 0.00% 0.00% httpd > 509 root 2 0 1488K 880K select 0:04 0.00% 0.00% httpd > 583 root 2 0 896K 528K select 0:03 0.00% 0.00% natd > 453 root 2 0 1256K 744K select 0:02 0.00% 0.00% sendmail > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel C. Sobral <dcs@newsguy.com> > To: Ilya Balashov <tsw@inec.ru> > Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> > Date: 18 May 1999 15:27 > Subject: Re: 3.1(3.2)-stable memory leaks > > > >Ilya Balashov wrote: > >> > >> i running 3.1-stable durring last month... and all of this time, i have > >> problems with memory... > >> after reboot top says: > >> Mem: 12M Active, 5351K Inact, 19M Wired, 9380K Cache, 8291K Buf, 620K > Free > >> > >> i start coping some files (about 100mb), and after that top says: > >> Mem: 20M Active, 78M Inact, 19M Wired, 4540K Cache, 8284K Buf, 1892K Free > >> > >> Inactive memory growing from 5M to 78M.... 75M leaked !!! > > > >It's inactive. Why do you think there is a leak? Just because things > >are cached in case you need them again? > > > >-- > >Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) > >dcs@newsguy.com > >dcs@freebsd.org > > > > "If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you." > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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