Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Mar 2003 08:22:55 +0100 | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Subject | Re: Linux BUG: Memory Leak |
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At 06:49 AM 3/12/2003 +0000, M. Soltysiak wrote: >I sent this here because i don't know which author screwed up.
I note that diplomacy isn't your strong suite.
>System specs: >1 GBytes RAM >duel CPU system; 1 Ghz each. >IDE disk system, 133 Mhz bus speed, DMA. >USB mouse. >PS/2 Keyboard. >Creative Labs emu10k1-based sound card. (LIVE!) >Asus Motherboard.
Which kernel version, and how much swap (0?).
>Problem: > >When I boot the system, run X11 with KDE--totalling 100 M at most--things >are fine. > >When I run applications that use quite a bit of memory -- those that use >500 Megs of RAM -- Linux keeps on allocating memory until it's full. When >full, system acts dead, as expected from the bad VM design. But why does >the system allocate memory until the RAM is full? User applications are >NOT leaking memory.
What are you basing these assertions upon?
>Example: Installing Unreal Tournament 2003 -- from the CD drive, IDE -- >for example, playing mp3 files and browsing the web with Mozilla, and the >system will eventually allocate memory until the system freezes. All of >RAM is allocated, and the system is frozen.
Please post a detailed report including kernel version, process sizes and /proc/slabinfo just prior to live-lock. This report is useless. (not to mention arrogant)
-Mike
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