From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Aug 26 13:37:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 204E014DCB for ; Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:37:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA24475; Thu, 26 Aug 1999 15:35:24 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 15:35:24 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: chas Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory leak ? Inact memory never gets freed. Message-ID: <19990826153524.I24968@futuresouth.com> References: <3.0.5.32.19990826115729.009454d0@mail.skinnyhippo.com> <3.0.5.32.19990827045542.0094c9b0@mail.skinnyhippo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990827045542.0094c9b0@mail.skinnyhippo.com>; from chas on Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 04:55:42AM +0900 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 04:55:42AM +0900, a little birdie told me that chas remarked > The 'free' memory on our machine has just gone down steadily over > the past 24 hours as the following (in chronological order) shows : I do believe it's SUPPOSED to do that. Memory only gets moved from the Inactive hopper when it's needed, no point in Free'ing it really, is there? -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ FutureSouth Communications | ISPHelp ISP Consulting "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message