linux-kernel - inode leak in 2.6.24?

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Message-ID: <87hcg9hkpp.fsf@szonett.ki.iif.hu>
Date:	Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:18:58 +0100
From:	Ferenc Wagner <wferi@...f.hu>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	wferi@...f.hu
Subject: inode leak in 2.6.24?

Hi,

5 days ago I pulled the git tree (HEAD was
25f666300625d894ebe04bac2b4b3aadb907c861), added two minor patches
(the vmsplice fix and the GFS1 exports), compiled and booted the
kernel.  Things are working OK, but I noticed that inode usage has
been steadily rising since then (see attached graph, unless lost in
transit).  The real filesystems used by the machine are XFS.  I wonder
if it may be some kind of bug and if yes, whether it has been fixed
already.  Feel free to ask for any missing information.

Download attachment "open_inodes-month.png" of type "image/png" (29343 bytes)

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Regards,
Feri.

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