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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>
Cc: rathamahata@php4.ru, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gluk@php4.ru,
	anton@megashop.ru
Subject: Re: 2.6.1 IO lockup on SMP systems
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:53:37 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040223225337.217447be.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58L.0402240357350.6209@logos.cnet>

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?

Probably, yes.

  reply	other threads:[~2004-02-24  6:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-01-31 16:40 2.6.1 IO lockup on SMP systems Sergey S. Kostyliov
2004-02-01  0:17 ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-21 16:45   ` Sergey S. Kostyliov
2004-02-21 19:30     ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-22 17:39       ` Alexander Y. Fomichev
2004-02-23 17:27         ` Sergey S. Kostyliov
2004-02-23 21:30           ` Mike Fedyk
2004-02-24 11:56             ` Sergey S. Kostyliov
2004-02-23 22:26           ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-24  7:23             ` Marcelo Tosatti
2004-02-24  6:53               ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2004-02-24 11:54             ` Sergey S. Kostyliov
2004-02-26 12:19               ` Sergey S. Kostyliov
2004-02-26 12:53                 ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-26 13:11                   ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-26 14:37                     ` Dave Jones
2004-02-26 15:37                       ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-02-26 14:30                   ` Sergey S. Kostyliov
2004-02-26 20:03                     ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-28 14:56                       ` Sergey S. Kostyliov
2004-04-08  9:08                         ` 2.6.X kernel memory leak? (was: Re: 2.6.1 IO lockup on SMP systems) Sergey S. Kostyliov
2004-04-09  7:17                           ` 2.6.X kernel memory leak? Sergey S. Kostyliov
2004-04-09  9:09                             ` Andrew Morton
2004-04-09 12:15                               ` Sergey S. Kostyliov

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