linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.39-rc4+: Kernel leaking memory during FS scanning, regression?

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Date:	Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:08:32 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	Bruno Prémont <bonbons@...ux-vserver.org>
Cc:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paul.mckenney@...aro.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.39-rc4+: Kernel leaking memory during FS scanning, regression?

2011/4/25 Bruno Prémont:
> With + + TREE_PREMPT_RCU system was stable compiling for over 2 hours,
> switching to TINY_RCU, filp count started increasing pretty early after beginning
> compiling.

since you can reproduce fairly easily, could you try some of the major
rc's to see if you could narrow down things ?  see if 2.6.39-rc[123]
all act the same while 2.6.38 works ?
-mike
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