Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 19 Mar 2000 09:48:07 +0100 | From | Joerg Stroettchen <> | Subject | Re: Unfreed kernel buffers (fsck and 2.3.99-pre*) |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > > In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.10003180208030.6182-100000@loke.as.arizona.edu>, > Craig Kulesa <ckulesa@loke.as.arizona.edu> wrote: > > > >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. > > Hmm.. The VM balancing was broken between 2.3.51 and the pre2-3 series. > > Can you try pre2-4 or later? It should have unbroken the breakage, > although it probably still needs a lot of tuning (but is hopefully > noticeably better even in its untuned form..) > > Linus > hello,
the "buffer" memory is freed in 2.3.99-4/5
joerg
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