linux-kernel - Re: SMP-related kernel memory leak

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Date:	Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:18:58 +0100
From:	"Oliver Pinter" <oliver.pntr@...il.com>
To:	"Bart Van Assche" <bart.vanassche@...il.com>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: SMP-related kernel memory leak

Helló!

this patch fixed them http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/18/405 ?

On 2/19/08, Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@...il.com> wrote:
> 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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Thanks,
Oliver
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