From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262598AbTDMWRi (for ); Sun, 13 Apr 2003 18:17:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262600AbTDMWRi (for ); Sun, 13 Apr 2003 18:17:38 -0400 Received: from holomorphy.com ([66.224.33.161]:6016 "EHLO holomorphy") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262598AbTDMWRh (for ); Sun, 13 Apr 2003 18:17:37 -0400 Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 15:29:08 -0700 From: wli@holomorphy.com To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: dentry leak in 2.5.x Message-ID: <20030413222908.GA8956@holomorphy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Seen on 2.5.65-mm3, updatedb got dentry + inode caches eating 740/768MB: $ head /proc/sys/fs/*state ==> /proc/sys/fs/dentry-state <== 1192481 1194571 45 0 0 0 ==> /proc/sys/fs/inode-state <== 1182447 49053 0 0 0 0 0 Then, after listening to it swap for a while (the screen stopped unblanking) I saw the state of affairs unchanged by swapoff -a: $ head /proc/sys/fs/*state ==> /proc/sys/fs/dentry-state <== 1192501 1194592 45 0 0 0 ==> /proc/sys/fs/inode-state <== 1182451 49053 0 0 0 0 0 Followed by blind reboot via sysrq, nothing visible on VGA or remotely. I suspect a leak (or something). nr_unused is greater than nr_dentry. UP 600MHz K7 768MB RAM, Adaptec 39160, tulip + eepro, reiserfs, preempt. -- wli