linux-kernel - SMP-related kernel memory leak

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Message-ID: <e2e108260802190300k5b0f60f6tbb4f54997caf4c4e@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:00:58 +0100
From:	"Bart Van Assche" <bart.vanassche@...il.com>
To:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: SMP-related kernel memory leak

Hello,

I noticed that the amount of memory used by the Linux kernel steadily
increases over time on SMP systems (x86 architecture, 32-bit kernel).
This problem disappears when I add maxcpus=1 to the kernel command
line. I have observed this behavior both on the 2.6.22.18 and 2.6.24.2
kernels. Did anyone notice anything similar ?

See also: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9991

Bart Van Assche.
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