Re: How to diagnose a kernel memory leak

[Bruce Guenter]

On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 10:29:21AM +0200, Alexander Nyberg wrote:
> You should keep an eye on /proc/meminfo but if there is memory that is
> not accounted for then the patch below might help as it works on a
> lower level.  It accounts for bare pages in the system available from
> /proc/page_owner.
> Select Track page owner under kernel hacking.

I will try that the next time I have to reboot.  As this is a server, I
cannot arbitrarily take it down unfortunately.

> Also the meminfo you posted, how long had the box been alive when you
> took it?

Almost exactly 2 days.
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