Re: Kernel 2.0.31pre9 memory leak (or where did all the memory go?)

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Tue, 23 Sep 1997 14:31:46 -0700 (PDT)

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In your letter, Jon Lewis wrote:
>
> > Another confirmation of the memory leak. Both p-10 and pre9 show this
> > problem. Hardware:
> >
> > 386DX-40
> > 4M RAM, 16M Swap
> ^^^^^^
>
> Is this really a leak or just a mm problem where it started with too small
> values in /proc/sys/vm/freepages and got stuck in a low memory situation?
> What happens if you manually increase the numbers in freepages right after
> booting? With 4mb installed, after booting, you probably have very little
> RAM to play with.
It happens also with 8M.

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