Re: 2.3.12 - klogd 100% CPU && Bogus Buffer memory count

Riley Williams (rhw@MemAlpha.CX)
Thu, 5 Aug 1999 20:23:31 +0100 (GMT)


Hi there.

> here is the vmstat output :

> :vmstat
> procs memory swap io system cpu
> r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id
> 1 0 0 744 2908 4193304 205452 0 0 2 4 52 14 47 0 53
> ^^^^^^^
> Notice the 4.1 GIG of buffer memory.

Curiously, 4*1024*1024 = 4,194,304 so that corresponds to -1,000 K of
buffer memory...

Best wishes from Riley.

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