linux-kernel - Re: /proc/pid/status -> VmLib: 4294948464 kB

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707122056440.6384@blonde.wat.veritas.com>
Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:03:34 +0100 (BST)
From:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
To:	Marcos David <marcosgdavid.ml@...il.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: /proc/pid/status -> VmLib: 4294948464 kB

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Marcos David wrote:
> Hi,
> I´m using RedHat Enterprise Server 4 Update 3 (kernel 2.6.9-34.ELsmp)
> 
> I was listing the contents of /proc/pid/status file and I came up with
> a value of:
> ...
> VmLib: 4294948464 kB,
> ...
> 
> Is this a known bug?
> the process in question uses a lot of threads ~100 but there are no
> memory leaks...
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.

Yes, it's known, I sent two patches to fix it
	[PATCH] VmLib wrapped: executable brk
	[PATCH] VmLib wrapped: mprotect flags
on 28 Nov 2004, and those were included in 2.6.10.

It's just an ugliness in the numbers shown, doesn't affect how the
kernel runs: so Red Hat have not bothered to fix it in their update.

Hugh