Re: [Bug 290] XFS Kernel Memory Leak

[Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:33:16AM -0800, bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> i'm using Kernel 2.6.7 and 2.6.8.1.. and every night that updatedb
> would run..  i'd go from 450MB Free to 120MB Free and 568KB Swap
> Used.. (using the command free to view memory statistics)..

that's normal & expected

this is how linux and pretty much all moderns OSs work.  they cache
disk/file data with what would be otherwise unused memory

On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 01:52:56PM -0800, bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> this puts some more insight into the topic.. but.. i ran "emerge
> sync" (uses rsync).. and the ram used up was _not_ able to be
> reclaimed...

if something needs the memory, it will be released from the
bugger/page-cache and used as required