Public bug reported: There is a kernel memory leak in the unionfs 1 module which can leak names_cache entries (slab allocated). After a long time, this can lead to a general OOM situation as they will never be freed.
Fix is available since a long time but is not included in hardy. See: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.unionfs.general/2447 $ grep names_cache /proc/slabinfo names_cache 144557 144558 4096 2 2 : tunables 0 0 0 : slabdata 72279 72279 0 ( = 564 MB ) Patch for linux-ubuntu-modules included. ** Affects: linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/989675 Title: names_cache memory leak in unionfs module To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24/+bug/989675/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
