On Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 07:48:23PM +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote: > Hello, > > For the time being, just an observation: I monitor various parameters on > my systems, and among them is "Committed memory", the Committed_AS value > in /proc/meminfo. > > Since upgrading to the 6.5.x series, I noticed the value there grows way > higher values then previously in hppa, even if the machine is idle. > Values seem to rise up to around 1.6 Gbyte, long-term average is rather > 200-300 Mbyte. Also, I cannot see any memory hogs in top. The workload > hasn't changed in months. Upgrading from what version? Also, can you describe your setup? And what is the value of `Committed_AS` on the kernel before you upgrade? (Hint: paste full /proc/meminfo from both old and new kernel.) > > To sum it up, I reckon something went wrong in the memory usage > accounting. Is this already on radar, or should I start bisecting? That > might take a lot of time, though. > You can certainly do bisection (see Documentation/admin-guide/bug-bisect.rst in the kernel sources for how to do that). Thanks. -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
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