Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:21:18 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wierd kernel memory use statistics Message-ID: <199809160721.AAA00660@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:05:48 PDT." <199809160705.AAA01526@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com>
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> On Sep 15, 11:59pm, Mike Smith wrote: > } Subject: Re: wierd kernel memory use statistics > } > > } > vmstat -m tells me: > } > > } > Memory statistics by type Type Kern > } > Type InUse MemUse HighUse Limit Requests Limit Limit Size(s) > } > ... > } > devbuf 257 181K 181K 10406K 565 0 0 16,32,64,128,256,512,1K,2K,4K,16K,32K > } > mbuf 1 2K 2K 10406K 1 0 0 2K > } > temp -9 -19K 1K 10406K 273 0 0 16,32,64,256,512,1K,4K > } > kld 1 1K 1K 10406K 1 0 0 32 > } > > } > The numbers for "temp" look pretty suspicious. > } > } Someone is freeing blocks to the M_TEMP pool that were not allocated > } from it. Does this happen at a reasonable rate? Can you see any other > } class that looks like it might be leaking? > > The numbers seem to be static. They haven't changed in the last couple > of hours since I rebooted. I've done a make world in the meantime. The > kernel is a fairly fresh and has CAM+softupdates. Sounds like another CAM wrinkle; I expect we're going to see a few of these before the week is out. It shouldn't be particularly harmful - the numbers are just for accounting's sake. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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