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    SubjectRe: OOM problems on 2.6.12-rc1 with many fsx tests
    >> > > I run into OOM problem again on 2.6.12-rc1. I run some(20) fsx tests on
    >> > > 2.6.12-rc1 kernel(and 2.6.11-mm4) on ext3 filesystem, after about 10
    >> > > hours the system hit OOM, and OOM keep killing processes one by one. I
    >> > > could reproduce this problem very constantly on a 2 way PIII 700MHZ with
    >> > > 512MB RAM. Also the problem could be reproduced on running the same test
    >> > > on reiser fs.
    >> > >
    >> > > The fsx command is:
    >> > >
    >> > > ./fsx -c 10 -n -r 4096 -w 4096 /mnt/test/foo1 &
    >> >
    >> >
    >> > This ext3 bug goes all the way back to 2.6.6.
    >>
    >> > I don't know yet why you saw problems with reiser3 and I'm pretty sure I
    >> > saw problems with ext2. More testing is needed there.
    >> >
    >>
    >> We (Janet and I) are chasing this bug as well. Janet is able to
    >> reproduce this bug on 2.6.9 but I can't. Glad to know you have nail down
    >> this issue on ext3. I am pretty sure I saw this on Reiser3 once, I will
    >> double check it. Will try your patch today.
    >
    > There's a second leak, with similar-looking symptoms. At ~50
    > commits/second it has leaked ~10MB in 24 hours, so it's very slow - less
    > than a hundredth the rate of the first one.

    What are you using to see these with, just kgdb, and a large cranial
    capacity? Or is there some more magic?

    m.

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