linux-kernel - Re: [kmemleak report 1/2] kernel 3.1.6, x86

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Message-ID: <20120206061156.GA12836@dastard>
Date:	Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:11:56 +1100
From:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:	Roland Eggner <edvx1@...temanalysen.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [kmemleak report 1/2] kernel 3.1.6, x86_64: mm, xfs ?, vfs ?

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 01:08:00AM +0100, Roland Eggner wrote:
> With kernel 3.1.6 + cherry-picked “kmemleak: Handle percpu memory allocation” as
> suggested by Catalin Marinas, I get no significant changes to kmemleak reports,
> and e.g. following /proc/meminfo snapshots.  I wonder, is such a huge slab
> memory normal?  Is there anything else suspicious?

Having 200k inodes in memory when you have 20+ filesystems is
not unusual.

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com
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