From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964808AbWB0Ui0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:38:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964795AbWB0Ui0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:38:26 -0500 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.204]:61967 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964811AbWB0UiZ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:38:25 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=oVwV76DCUHhmO8+Kzg2Cz+ah9R4lYZ4HLYTXuqd3HqJF1JLTAi1wL6BXjMCBShpFzrBngr6TlstSqp31UkRaPnWSwK6DsPb2coxOF2ol/PZgMRXau3qQcLxuAhbIDkOYgL22OkEMHquBsin1DN3mNm0qbB74iglgKgqe5PN31y4= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:38:22 +0100 From: "matteo brancaleoni" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Bio & Biovec-1 increasing cache size, never freed during disk IO In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org FYI, this problem on 2.6.14.7 does not happens at all... anyone has any idea about? Greetings, Matteo. On 2/25/06, matteo brancaleoni wrote: > Hi. > > I'm experiencing a problem with 2.6.15.4 / 2.6.16-rc4, noticed during > high disk IO (copying a lot of data between 2 machines): the system > memory get filled up, until the full swap is used and the system must > be rebooted (or is unusable). Stopping the process does not free the > memory, and happens not only copying via network, but also with a > simple > cp -a dirwithmanybigfiles testdir. > > The system is running on athlon64: > Linux morgor 2.6.16-rc4 #2 SMP Sat Feb 25 19:55:36 CET 2006 x86_64 > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > Same issue with 2.6.15.4 > > The box has a single soft-raid1 device made by 2 sata disk on promise > controller. > Attached slabinfo dump and dmesg dump. > > Some system informations: > * This is the modules list: > Linux morgor 2.6.16-rc4 #2 SMP Sat Feb 25 19:55:36 CET 2006 x86_64 > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > [root@morgor ~]# lsmod > Module Size Used by > ipv6 399008 18 > ppdev 42888 0 > autofs4 55560 1 > nfs 251224 2 > lockd 97424 2 nfs > nfs_acl 37120 1 nfs > sunrpc 191944 4 nfs,lockd,nfs_acl > rfcomm 105376 0 > l2cap 92160 5 rfcomm > bluetooth 117252 4 rfcomm,l2cap > dm_mirror 54912 0 > dm_mod 90192 1 dm_mirror > video 50952 0 > button 41120 0 > battery 43912 0 > ac 38920 0 > lp 48208 0 > parport_pc 63144 1 > parport 74636 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc > nvram 42888 0 > ohci1394 67272 0 > ehci_hcd 65160 0 > sg 69672 0 > ieee1394 392216 1 ohci1394 > uhci_hcd 65952 0 > snd_via82xx 63784 0 > gameport 50832 1 snd_via82xx > snd_ac97_codec 136536 1 snd_via82xx > snd_ac97_bus 36224 1 snd_ac97_codec > snd_seq_dummy 37508 0 > snd_seq_oss 66688 0 > snd_seq_midi_event 41472 1 snd_seq_oss > snd_seq 90144 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event > snd_pcm_oss 85632 0 > snd_mixer_oss 51328 1 snd_pcm_oss > snd_pcm 126728 3 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss > snd_timer 59656 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm > snd_page_alloc 44816 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm > snd_mpu401_uart 42112 1 snd_via82xx > snd_rawmidi 61696 1 snd_mpu401_uart > snd_seq_device 43280 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi > i2c_viapro 43160 0 > snd 97320 11 > snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device > i2c_core 57728 1 i2c_viapro > skge 72720 0 > soundcore 44576 1 snd > raid1 54912 2 > ext3 163984 2 > jbd 93480 1 ext3 > sata_promise 45700 6 > sata_via 42500 0 > libata 93592 2 sata_promise,sata_via > sd_mod 50688 8 > scsi_mod 180688 4 sg,sata_promise,libata,sd_mod > > * fstab > [root@morgor ~]# cat /etc/fstab > /dev/md1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 > /dev/md0 /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 > devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 > LABEL=SWAP-sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0 > LABEL=SWAP-sdb2 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > * cpuinfo > [root@morgor ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo > processor : 0 > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > cpu family : 15 > model : 47 > model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ > stepping : 0 > cpu MHz : 1800.000 > cache size : 512 KB > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 1 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge > mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext > fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm > bogomips : 3613.48 > TLB size : 1024 4K pages > clflush size : 64 > cache_alignment : 64 > address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual > power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc > > Thanks a lot, > > Matteo Brancaleoni > > >