RE: 2.2.12 Memory Leak?

Barrett G. Lyon (blyon@netpr.com)
Thu, 02 Sep 1999 00:49:33 -0700

At 02:09 AM 9/2/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Alan Cox wrote:
>> > I have a fresh 2.2.12 kernel sitting here waiting to go. I'm on an Intel
>> > machine... is this bug evident with that architecture?
>>
>> Apparently not. Although I don't understand why having seen the bug and
>> added the fix to 2.2.13pre3.
>
>Actually I think I may be seeing it on Intel (P166 no MMX). I've been
>trying to track down the leak and not kill my husband (who thinks reboot is
>the way to solve any problem on the home machines).
>
>I'll try the new patch and see if it fixes the trouble.

There is a memory leak in 2.2.12 on the Alpha thats for sure. My system
eats up all memory in 3 to 6 days. If you calculate the swap usage from ps
output it is much less after a day vs. the output of 'free', after 3+ days
swap is almost all used up and ps output still calculates near the same
figures that it did when the box was first started.

The system runs near or over 400 processes with a huge load... with linux
it can't live longer than 3 or 4 days..

-Barrett

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