Re: 2.2.12 Memory Leak?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 2 Sep 1999 13:56:20 +0100 (BST)

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> 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..

Can you see if 2.2.13pre3 fixes the leak

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