From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 02:36:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 02:36:23 -0400 Received: from mail.teraport.de ([195.143.8.72]:59267 "EHLO mail.teraport.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 02:36:13 -0400 Message-ID: <3B80AFE2.CF1922B7@TeraPort.de> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 08:36:18 +0200 From: Martin Knoblauch Organization: TeraPort GmbH X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.8-ac6 i686) X-Accept-Language: en, de MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexander Hoogerhuis CC: jason@topic.com.au, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [OT?] Re: [PATCH] patch's for vmware 2.0.4 for use with linux-2.4.8 kernel In-Reply-To: <3B7D1846.BEB929DE@TeraPort.de> X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on lotus/Teraport/de(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 08/20/2001 08:36:17 AM, Serialize by Router on lotus/Teraport/de(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 08/20/2001 08:36:28 AM, Serialize complete at 08/20/2001 08:36:28 AM Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alexander Hoogerhuis wrote: > > > I've applied the patch with your fixes, and I've always noticed that > VMware seem to leak a bit of memory (occording to top and ps). Running > with 128Mb in a Win2k box it started off at 161Mb process size (140Mb > RSS) and within 5 minutes it had turned into 203Mb process size (still > only 140Mb RSS). Have anyone seen similar behavior, and does anyone > have any pointers to where I can find more info on it? > probably better to ask the vmware folks. They also have some news groups served from news.vmware.com Martin -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Martin Knoblauch | email: Martin.Knoblauch@TeraPort.de TeraPort GmbH | Phone: +49-89-510857-309 C+ITS | Fax: +49-89-510857-111 http://www.teraport.de | Mobile: +49-170-4904759