Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Unfreed kernel buffers (fsck and 2.3.99-pre*) | Date | Sat, 18 Mar 2000 22:56:57 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Craig Kulesa <ckulesa@loke.as.arizona.edu> said: > Summary: > After running fsck, a large block of kernel "buffer" > memory (seen in /proc/meminfo or 'free') is allocated in 2.3.99. > This large block of RAM is _not_ freed under memory stress, and > induces very heavy paging. A reboot seems necessary to recover.
You are using e2fsprogs-1.15, AFAIU. Upgrade to 1.18 and see if it still happens (probably doesn't change). Earlier fsck's had their share of bugs... -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Viña del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616
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