Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:25:19 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Stefan Ehmann <shoesoft@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possible memory leak? Message-ID: <20070318192519.GA29343@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200703181619.53167.shoesoft@gmx.net> References: <200703181619.53167.shoesoft@gmx.net>
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On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 04:19:52PM +0100, Stefan Ehmann wrote: > Sometimes I'm noticing very high memory usage. Nearly my whole memory (1GB) is > used although I'm running my usual set of processes - normally memory usage > is much lower. > > I killed most processes but memory usage remains high. > > Summing the VSZ values of the ps aux output gives about 34MB. top reports > 316MB active memory. > > Where did my memory go? Are there any tools for debugging this? This is a FAQ. "free memory is wasted memory". Kris
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