Hello,
I am not sure if this is a problem with the kernel or due to the nature of
the programs I am running....
>From a fresh boot, memory usage averages around the 170 MB and as time
passes it gradually increases to grab nearly all the available RAM (500MB)
I was wondering if a recompilation of the kernel would help in resolving the
memory problem.....Any suggestion or advice?
[root@mail root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 4
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) processor
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 995.566
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 mmx fxsr syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips : 1985.74
[root@mail root]# free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 506536 463176 43360 0 79864 151344
-/+ buffers/cache: 231968 274568
Swap: 522104 0 522104
[root@mail root]# uname -r
2.4.22-1.2149.nptl (Athlon kernel)
[root@mail root]# ps -aux
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 1 0.0 0.1 2560 508 ? S 12:09 0:04 init [3]
root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:09 0:00 [keventd]
root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:09 0:00 [kapmd]
root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SWN 12:09 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:09 0:00 [bdflush]
root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:09 0:00 [kswapd]
root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:09 0:00 [kupdated]
root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:09 0:00 [mdrecoveryd]
root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:09 0:01 [kjournald]
root 67 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:09 0:00 [khubd]
root 1779 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:10 0:00 [kjournald]
root 1780 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:10 0:00 [kjournald]
root 2493 0.0 0.1 1780 580 ? S 12:10 0:01 syslogd -m 0
root 2497 0.0 0.2 3248 1336 ? S 12:10 0:00 klogd -c 1 -2
rpc 2515 0.0 0.1 3044 564 ? S 12:10 0:00 portmap
root 2566 0.0 0.3 4308 1528 ? S 12:10 0:00
/usr/sbin/sshd
root 2587 0.0 0.9 10388 4696 ? S 12:10 0:01 ddclient -
sleeping for 170 seconds
root 2597 0.0 0.2 3628 1324 ? S 12:10 0:00
/usr/sbin/dhcpd eth1
root 2609 0.0 0.2 6036 1164 ? S 12:10 0:00 /bin/sh
/usr/bin/safe_mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf
mysql 2633 0.0 1.0 30424 5372 ? S 12:10 0:00
/usr/libexec/mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --basedir=/us
root 2653 0.0 2.3 13068 12144 ? S 12:10 0:00
/usr/sbin/sophie -D
root 2662 0.0 1.9 11664 9744 ? S 12:10 0:00
/usr/sbin/trophie -D
amavis 2672 0.0 5.5 33980 28040 ? S 12:10 0:01 amavisd
(master)
root 2679 0.0 0.8 9500 4464 ? S 12:10 0:02 /usr/bin/perl
-w /usr/local/bin/mailgraph.pl -l /var/log/mail
root 2729 0.0 0.3 6984 1608 ? S 12:10 0:01
/usr/libexec/postfix/master
postfix 2759 0.0 0.3 7000 1680 ? S 12:10 0:00 qmgr -l -t
fifo -u
root 2983 0.0 1.8 22920 9268 ? S 12:11 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
nobody 2992 0.0 0.2 2416 1188 ? S 12:11 0:00 proftpd:
(accepting connections)
root 3001 0.0 0.1 2280 624 ? S 12:11 0:00 crond
root 3014 0.0 0.3 6900 1692 ? S 12:11 0:00 squid -D
squid 3016 0.0 1.5 12260 7860 ? S 12:11 0:06 (squid) -D
squid 3018 0.0 0.0 2464 292 ? S 12:11 0:00 (unlinkd)
apache 3027 0.0 2.7 26748 13748 ? S 12:11 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3028 0.0 2.7 27112 14096 ? S 12:11 0:01
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3029 0.0 2.7 26820 13836 ? S 12:11 0:01
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3030 0.0 2.8 27436 14432 ? S 12:11 0:01
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3031 0.0 2.8 27572 14572 ? S 12:11 0:01
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3032 0.0 2.7 27016 13976 ? S 12:11 0:01
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3033 0.0 2.6 26392 13444 ? S 12:11 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3036 0.0 2.6 26760 13672 ? S 12:11 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
root 3037 0.0 0.5 12212 2732 ? S 12:11 0:00 smbd -D
root 3041 0.0 0.4 10064 2392 ? S 12:11 0:00 nmbd -D
nobody 3051 0.0 0.1 1552 524 ? S 12:11 0:00
/usr/sbin/alertd -d
root 3077 0.9 8.1 45004 41344 ? S 12:11 6:17 snort -D -c
/etc/snort.conf
suva 3117 0.0 0.2 3104 1296 ? S 12:11 0:00
/usr/local/suva/bin/suvad
root 3128 0.0 0.8 9396 4092 ? S 12:11 0:01 syswatch
root 3139 0.0 0.6 8964 3356 ? S 12:11 0:00 webconfig -f
/var/webconfig/conf/httpd.conf
500 3140 0.0 0.9 10048 4828 ? S 12:11 0:00 webconfig -f
/var/webconfig/conf/httpd.conf
root 3147 0.0 0.9 7196 4716 ? S 12:11 0:00 /usr/bin/perl
/usr/libexec/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/min
root 3152 0.0 0.0 2812 436 tty2 S 12:11 0:00
/sbin/mingetty tty2
root 3153 0.0 0.0 2300 436 tty3 S 12:11 0:00
/sbin/mingetty tty3
root 5368 0.0 0.1 3636 992 ? S 12:40 0:00 /bin/bash
/sbin/adsl-connect /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/i
root 5600 0.0 0.1 2900 848 ? S 12:41 0:00
/usr/sbin/pppd pty /usr/sbin/pppoe -p /var/run/pppoe-adsl.pid
root 5601 1.4 0.0 2356 492 ? R 12:41 9:24
/usr/sbin/pppoe -p /var/run/pppoe-adsl.pid.pppoe -I eth0 -T 8
named 8423 0.0 0.5 36800 2936 ? S 13:44 0:02
/usr/sbin/named -u named
peters 14492 0.3 1.5 52184 7720 ? S 16:36 1:18 python
/tmp/BitTorrent-3.3/btlaunchmany.py torrents/active/
500 14562 0.0 1.0 10240 5216 ? S 16:39 0:00 webconfig -f
/var/webconfig/conf/httpd.conf
root 17444 0.0 0.2 2804 1016 ? S 17:48 0:00 login -- root
amavis 25978 0.0 5.7 34776 28956 ? S 22:15 0:01 amavisd
(25978-06-3)
root 27148 0.0 0.2 6208 1412 tty1 S 22:50 0:00 -bash
root 27753 0.0 0.2 4356 1140 ? S 22:59 0:00
/usr/sbin/dovecot
root 27757 0.0 0.2 5068 1344 ? S 22:59 0:00 dovecot-auth
dovecot 27761 0.0 0.2 5128 1496 ? S 22:59 0:00 pop3-login
dovecot 27762 0.0 0.2 5408 1496 ? S 22:59 0:00 pop3-login
root 27765 0.6 0.2 6072 1252 tty1 S 22:59 0:03 top
amavis 27919 0.0 5.6 34384 28564 ? S 23:00 0:00 amavisd
(child)
postfix 27927 0.0 0.3 6456 1580 ? S 23:00 0:00 pickup -l -t
fifo -u
dovecot 27928 0.0 0.2 4664 1500 ? S 23:00 0:00 imap-login
dovecot 27929 0.0 0.2 5356 1500 ? S 23:00 0:00 imap-login
postfix 27939 0.0 0.3 6364 1564 ? S 23:01 0:00 proxymap -t
unix -u
postfix 27941 0.0 0.3 6572 1916 ? S 23:01 0:00
trivial-rewrite -n rewrite -t unix -u
amavis 27944 0.0 2.4 13188 12164 ? S 23:01 0:00
/usr/sbin/sophie -D
amavis 27945 0.0 1.9 11668 9772 ? S 23:01 0:00
/usr/sbin/trophie -D
peters 27959 0.0 0.1 2036 744 ? S 23:02 0:00 imap
dovecot 27960 0.0 0.2 5732 1500 ? S 23:02 0:00 imap-login
amavis 27968 0.0 2.3 13068 12152 ? S 23:03 0:00
/usr/sbin/sophie -D
amavis 27969 0.0 1.9 11668 9768 ? S 23:03 0:00
/usr/sbin/trophie -D
root 27974 0.0 0.4 7516 2084 ? S 23:04 0:00 sshd:
root@pts/1
root 27976 0.0 0.2 6196 1392 pts/1 S 23:04 0:00 -bash
postfix 28170 0.0 0.4 7116 2232 ? S 23:06 0:00 smtpd -n smtp
-t inet -u
postfix 28171 0.0 0.3 7064 2012 ? S 23:06 0:00 cleanup -z -t
unix -u
postfix 28172 0.0 0.3 6972 1668 ? S 23:06 0:00 lmtp -n
smtp-amavis -t unix -u -o smtp_data_done_timeout 1200
postfix 28174 0.0 0.4 6760 2052 ? S 23:06 0:00 smtpd -n
127.0.0.1:10025 -t inet -u -o content_filter -o loc
postfix 28175 0.0 0.3 6796 1944 ? S 23:06 0:00 local -t unix
dovecot 28197 0.0 0.2 4344 1496 ? S 23:07 0:00 pop3-login
root 28208 0.0 0.1 3464 764 pts/1 R 23:09 0:00 ps -aux
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