On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 08:04, Tru64 User wrote: > When I issue a showmount -e "nodename" from a client, > the server ("nodename") locks up completely, and top > shows high memory usage (893k out og 900k). > > Suprisingly enough, "ps -aux" does not show any single > process utilizing much memory... > ps -aux|wc -l ==80processes, all either 0.0 or 0.1% > utilization, which amounts to less than 8% overall >
this only shows you user space processes, and > Where is this extra memory utlized? it's being used by the kernel, as NFS is a kernel-level network daemon (ew, icky). > Why is it not showing up? use free instead, or top will show you kernel memory vs user memory. > Why is it only doing this after a showmount -e from a > client? sounds like a bug, but not sure if it's kernel-level or has something to do with user-space proggies in nfs-utils. I'd start by upgrading nfs-utils to the latest version you can find. > > Only way to get out of this is a complete reboot!!! > I am running Mandrake Linux 8.2 Kernel 2.4.28-6mdk > (default kernel, no modifications done) > > would appreciate any pointers..... > > _Thanks > > Richard > > > > CPU states: 0.1% user, 0.0% system, 0.0% nice, > 99.8% idle > Mem: 900940K av, 893528K used, 7412K free, > 0K shrd, 206196K buff > Swap: 248968K av, 0K used, 248968K free > 263612K cached > > > ===== > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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