linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.35-rc1 system oom, many processes killed but memory not free

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Message-Id: <20100625151248.804A.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:16:48 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Andrew Hendry <andrew.hendry@...il.com>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.35-rc1 system oom, many processes killed but memory not free

> Yes I made a mistake setting up ramdisk too big, but not sure why it
> allowed me to set it up like that.

Sorry, I don't know the reason. 

> I think after ramdisk used all the memory, even after unmounting then
> other processes still cannot use it.
> oom killer gets very aggressive but cannot fix problem.
> 
> I have updated to rc3 and will test again on weekend. I will turn on
> mem leak checker, is there anything else i should configure?

Probably nothing.

Thanks.


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