Public bug reported: I have Ubuntu 10.10 x86_64 2.6.35-28 installed on two mirror machines. Kernel processes are slowly consuming whole available memory over time. Tooks around 10 days to eat up 4GB which leads to obvious total crash.
On the pastie below, you can check how does the slab info looks like around 24 hours prior to coming crash. http://pastie.org/private/lmx2xhijugfi8zkic4cpsa Its always kmalloc-192 and kmalloc-32 which are leaking the memory with the mutual proportion 6:1 (192:32). I am not really sure where to go from that point. Is there any other possible way to diagnose to cause a bit deeper? I found out some posts from people with quite similiar issue on pretty much same hardware. The proposed solution was to disable acpi and apm, but it doesn't solved the issue on my boxes. Any ideas much appreciated. Hardware is from HP (DL360G5). Debian 6 works great on the same hardware, as do Ubuntu 10.10 on other boxes. This has to be on the edge of hardware and software. No idea where to go from there. System is pretty much unusable. I posted the same problem on stackoverflow http://serverfault.com/questions/258717/ubuntu-10-10-x86-64-2-6-35-28 -possible-memory-leak-slabs-slowly-eating-memory ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: linux-headers-2.6.35-28-server 2.6.35-28.49 Regression: Yes Reproducible: Yes ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-server 2.6.35.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-server x86_64 AlsaDevices: Error: command ['ls', '-l', '/dev/snd/'] failed with exit code 2: ls: cannot access /dev/snd/: No such file or directory AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Date: Tue Apr 12 14:22:27 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) MachineType: HP ProLiant DL360 G5 PciMultimedia: ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.35-28-server root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro acpi=off apm=off quiet ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: linux dmi.bios.date: 07/10/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: HP dmi.bios.version: P58 dmi.chassis.type: 23 dmi.chassis.vendor: HP dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHP:bvrP58:bd07/10/2009:svnHP:pnProLiantDL360G5:pvr:cvnHP:ct23:cvr: dmi.product.name: ProLiant DL360 G5 dmi.sys.vendor: HP ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug kernel-uncat maverick needs-upstream-testing regression-release -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/758709 Title: Fresh install of Ubuntu 10.10 x86_64 2.6.35-28-server leaks memory over time. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
