Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:53:37 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.1 IO lockup on SMP systems |
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Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com> wrote: > > > Also, run > > > > while true > > do > > cat /proc/meminfo > > sleep 10 > > done > > > > and record the info which that leaves behind when the machine locks up. > > This should tell us whether it is an application or kernel memory leak. If > > it is indeed a leak. > > Hi Andrew, > > Care to explain me why should the kernel hang if due to an application > leak ?
It shouldn't - the oom killer should have done something. But we'll address that once we've confirmed that something really is leaking.
> The hang looks wrong even if the leak is in userspace app, yes?
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