Re: [2.6.17.4] slabinfo.buffer_head increases

[Guennadi Liakhovetski <gl@dsa-ac.de>]

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:

> I am obsering a steadily increasing buffer_head value in slabinfo under 
> 2.6.17.4. I searched the net / archives and didn't find anything 
> directly relevant. Does anyone have an idea or how shall we debug it?
> 
> I first noticed this "feature" on a 2.6.17-rc5 based ARM-system, where if 
> I stop some user-space applications, the number stop increasing.

Ok, after observing this for a bit longer, it looks like this:

2.6.11.10 (Debian unloaded) - stable
2.6.16.9 (Debian with desktop applications) - grew from 3000 to 6000 then 
	fell back
2.6.17-rc5 (busybox ARM with applications) - grows so far, will watch for 
	a bit longer
2.6.17.4 (SuSE, practically idle) - stable

So, I'll keep it running until tomorrow then report again, unless someone 
can tell how it is supposed to behave and whether there has been a bug and 
it has been fixed?

Thanks
Guennadi
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Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D.
DSA Daten- und Systemtechnik GmbH
Pascalstr. 28
D-52076 Aachen
Germany
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