Messages in this thread | | | From | (Linus Torvalds) | Subject | Re: Unfreed kernel buffers (fsck and 2.3.99-pre*) | Date | 18 Mar 2000 18:07:32 -0800 |
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In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.10003180208030.6182-100000@loke.as.arizona.edu>, Craig Kulesa <ckulesa@loke.as.arizona.edu> wrote: > >Summary: > After running fsck, a large block of kernel "buffer" > memory (seen in /proc/meminfo or 'free') is allocated in 2.3.99. > This large block of RAM is _not_ freed under memory stress, and > induces very heavy paging. A reboot seems necessary to recover.
Hmm.. The VM balancing was broken between 2.3.51 and the pre2-3 series.
Can you try pre2-4 or later? It should have unbroken the breakage, although it probably still needs a lot of tuning (but is hopefully noticeably better even in its untuned form..)
Linus
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