Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 07 Nov 2001 21:00:26 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: Memory accounting problem in 2.4.13, 2.4.14pre, and possibly 2.4.14 |
| |
Mike Fedyk wrote: > > > > > I am running unpatched 2.4.14 now. > > Do you still want me to try this patch now that you know I have been able to > see the problem with 2.2.14+ext3? >
It's OK - I can reproduce it easily anyway.
There are two things here. Recent -ac kernels had a merge bug down in the /proc code which caused `Cached:' to go negative. It was recently fixed.
And quite independently, current ext3 for Linus kernels now has a bug which causes the `buffermem_pages' number to get too large. This has the exact same effect: `Cached:' goes negative.
The buffermem_pages counter is purely for reporting - no VM decisions are based on its value. But if it worries you, just remove line 1933 of fs/jbd/transaction.c. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |