Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 May 1997 17:42:54 -0400 (EDT) | From | Jon Lewis <> | Subject | Re: pre-2.0.31 swap usage screwed |
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On Wed, 28 May 1997, Jon Lewis wrote:
> On Wed, 28 May 1997, Jon Lewis wrote: > > > What's wrong with this picture?: > > > > yoda:~# free > > total used free shared buffers cached > > Mem: 127896 121840 6056 56956 6272 27984 > > -/+ buffers: 87584 40312 > > Swap: 165880 2097151 165884 > > yoda:~# cat /proc/meminfo > > total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: > > Mem: 130965504 125546496 5419008 60973056 6422528 28762112 > > Swap: 169861120 4294963200 169865216 > > MemTotal: 127896 kB > > MemFree: 5292 kB > > MemShared: 59544 kB > > Buffers: 6272 kB > > Cached: 28088 kB > > SwapTotal: 165880 kB > > SwapFree: 165884 kB > > > > This is pre-patch 2.0.31 + Eric's TCP fixes + kmalloc fds patch in a dual > > P150 running a non-SMP kernel. Uptime 13d20:48. > > > > It looks like swap used has somehow gone negative by 4096 bytes, and free > > from proc-ps 1.01 is printf'ing the unsigned ints as signed ints. > > Whatever happened, it's getting further. Now I'm using -8kb of swap. > > yoda:~# free > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 127896 122936 4960 55460 14132 20904 > -/+ buffers: 87900 39996 > Swap: 165880 2097151 165888
ok...just found part of the problem. I had one user who had somehow hung a dozen or more copies of cucipop v1.13 Locking strategies: dotlocking fcntl() Optional commands: USER/PASS APOP TOP UIDL
When I killed all those hung cucipop's, the swap usage report suddenly got back to normal... yoda:~# free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 127896 120488 7408 47764 12076 25848 -/+ buffers: 82564 45332 Swap: 165880 124 165756
Very weird.
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