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Subject: Re: memory leak in scsi_cmd_cache 2.6.15
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: Ariel <askernel2615@dsgml.com>
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On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 21:13 -0500, Ariel wrote:
> I have a memory leak in scsi_cmd_cache.
> 
> Attached is a pretty graph made by munin, and you can see slab_cache 
> growing constantly since last reboot. Also attached is /proc/config.gz
> 
> And here is a copy of /proc/meminfo and /proc/slabinfo
> 
> I'm rebooting now since my system is all but unusable (so the mem stats 
> will reset), but if you need any more info let me know.


does this happen without the binary nvidia driver too? (it appears
you're using that). That's a good datapoint to have if so...