From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264943AbTLKNbt (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:31:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264944AbTLKNbt (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:31:49 -0500 Received: from willy.net1.nerim.net ([62.212.114.60]:38417 "EHLO willy.net1.nerim.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264943AbTLKNbf (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:31:35 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:31:24 +0100 From: Willy Tarreau To: dual_bereta_r0x Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.23 + tmpfs: where's my mem?! Message-ID: <20031211133124.GA18161@alpha.home.local> References: <3FD86904.30500@arenanetwork.com.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FD86904.30500@arenanetwork.com.br> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 10:54:28AM -0200, dual_bereta_r0x wrote: > root@hquest:/tmp# cat /etc/slackware-version > Slackware 9.1.0 > root@hquest:/tmp# uname -a > Linux hquest 2.4.23 #6 Sat Nov 29 22:47:03 PST 2003 i686 unknown unknown > GNU/Linux > root@hquest:/tmp# df /tmp > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > tmpfs 124024 112388 11636 91% /tmp > root@hquest:/tmp# du -s . > 32 . > root@hquest:/tmp# _ maybe you have a process which creates a temporary file in /tmp, and deletes the entry while keeping the fd open. vmware 1.2 did that, and probably more recent ones still do. It's a very clever way to automatically remove temp files when the process terminates. Cheers, Willy