From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753771AbaARIcb (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jan 2014 03:32:31 -0500 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:46805 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753737AbaARIc2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jan 2014 03:32:28 -0500 Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 00:34:48 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Branimir Maksimovic Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: vm commit in atop utility steadilly grows (latest mainline kernel from git) Message-Id: <20140118003448.5b2b0e6d.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <52D97F2D.1020500@gmail.com> References: <52D97F2D.1020500@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.18.9; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:06:21 +0100 Branimir Maksimovic wrote: > Yesterday, I have noticed that vmcom steadilly grows (it was 7TB before > I noticed). I compile kernel every day or two after git pull. > Rebooted and then watched atop, vmcom constantly grows. > Didn't notice any of running processes to allocate. > Booted in 3.12.8 kernel and everything is back to normal. > Since this is pretty noticable, I guess that this is caused by commit > between rc8 release and now, not sure. > Machine is i5 3570k, motherboard asus maximus gene v. > I expect this was fixed by commit d1969a84dd6a44d375aa82bba7d6c38713a429c3 Author: Hugh Dickins Date: Thu Jan 16 15:26:48 2014 -0800 percpu_counter: unbreak __percpu_counter_add()