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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:31:48 -0500 From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net> To: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.30: Memory/XFS leak, OOM killer kills many processes Justin Piszcz wrote: > > On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Justin Piszcz wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have a daily cron that backs up my root filesystem using xfsdump, it has >> remain unchanged for at least 7-10 kernel versions. When I migrated to >> 2.6.30, when the xfsdump ran at its scheduled time, nearly all of my >> processes were killed due to an OOM situation, I can reproduce the situation. >> >> Kernel: 2.6.30 >> Dist: Debian Testing >> xfsdump: 2.2.48-1 > > Kernel 2.6.29.4 does not exhibit this problem: > > xfsdump: estimated dump size: 8694781376 bytes > xfsdump: creating dump session media file 0 (media 0, file 0) > xfsdump: dumping ino map > xfsdump: dumping directories > xfsdump: dumping non-directory files > xfsdump: ending media file > xfsdump: media file size 8294709848 bytes > xfsdump: dump size (non-dir files) : 8208863560 bytes > xfsdump: dump complete: 102 seconds elapsed > xfsdump: Dump Status: SUCCESS > > XFS(?) bug in 2.6.30. Any chance for a bisect run? :) Or, just as a thought, watch slabtop while you run the dump? -Eric -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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