thanks for your reply. i discovered, after running TOP
without the GUI that the 8K that i was "losing" was
being put into the buffer. i guess the GUI and smaller
print hid it from me. : )
thanks for your help.
-j
--- Ben Webb <ben_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 08:53:42AM -0700, jeremy
> archuleta wrote:
> > run "top" and see how much memory you have left.
> > i have the same problem and found that i am
> running
> > out of memory because somehow very few of my
> memory
> > pages are returning to the memory pool.
>
> If memory is not being returned after an
> application has
> finished, then there is a bug in your operating
> system. More likely you
> are running out of SysV IPC shared memory; try the
> "ipcs" command
> instead. Many buggy applications fail to clean up
> shared memory when
> they're finished.
>
> > (i am almost positive the leak has to do with
> Linux because if
> > i just boot the comp and run "top" i lose 8K every
> 3 seconds or so...)
>
> I find that exceptionally hard to believe unless
> you are running
> a heavily patched, experimental (2.5.x) kernel. If
> there were such a bug
> in the latest 2.2 or 2.4 kernels, somebody would
> have noticed it by now.
> What you are most likely seeing is Linux making
> efficient use of spare
> memory by using it as buffers or cache. You
> shouldn't ever need to reboot
> a Linux system, unless you're changing the kernel or
> clearing processes
> stuck in uninterruptible IO.
>
> Ben
> --
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