Re: [coLinux-devel] a. Memory leak ?, b. number of /dev/cobd?

[Dan A. <da...@co...>]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 01:24:15PM +0200, Axel Jessner wrote:

> No, I cannot rule out a problem with my own userspace program (made with fpc). :-)
> But the leak happens without any of my contributions.

It could be another process. Perhaps you should try to tackle 
it a bit more.
 
> I did do a very simple test and rebooted colinux, only ran top onm the console. The problem does persist (see attached
> snapshots). 
> 
> Since the beginning, under all kernel versions and configurations, on booting I get the following boot message:
> 
> EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on cobd(117,0), internal journal
> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem).
> Freeing unused kernel memory: IMPLEMENTATION MISSING                                   <====
> EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on cobd(117,0), internal journal
> 
> could that point to the cause?

This has nothing to do with it. That message is about initmem not being 
freed, which is annoying but harmless.

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Dan Aloni
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