Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:00:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Oliver Brandmueller <ob@e-Gitt.NET> Subject: Re: 9-STABLE, ZFS, NFS, ggatec - suspected memory leak Message-ID: <1527622626.3418715.1335445225510.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> In-Reply-To: <CECF4CFBF24C49A0A980F2C682E2EC4D@multiplay.co.uk>
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Steven Hartland wrote:
> ---- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Macklem" <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>
> > At a glance, it looks to me like 8.x is affected. Note that the
> > bug only affects the new NFS server (the experimental one for 8.x)
> > when exporting ZFS volumes. (UFS exported volumes don't leak)
> >
> > If you are running a server that might be affected, just:
> > # vmstat -z | fgrep -i namei
> > on the server and see if the 3rd number shown is increasing.
>
> Many thanks Rick wasnt aware we had anything experimental enabled
> but I think that would be a yes looking at these number:-
>
> vmstat -z | fgrep -i namei
> NAMEI: 1024, 0, 1, 1483, 25285086096, 0
> vmstat -z | fgrep -i namei
> NAMEI: 1024, 0, 0, 1484, 25285945725, 0
>
^
I don't think so, since the 3rd number (USED) is 0 here.
If that # is increasing over time, you have the leak. You are
probably running the old (default in 8.x) NFS server.
rick
> Regards
> Steve
>
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