Re: Kernel memory leak with x11/nvidia-driver

 Wow that is insane. I'm going to start looking for the
revision this behavior started. If you already found it,
or find it before I report back plz let me know so I
don't waste my time =]

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 6:37 PM, Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen_at_freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 02/ 3/16 10:54 AM, Eric van Gyzen wrote:
>
>> I just set up a new desktop running head with x11/nvidia-driver.  I've
>> discovered a memory leak where pages disappear from the queues, never to
>> return.  Specifically, the total of
>>      v_active_count
>>      v_inactive_count
>>      v_wire_count
>>      v_cache_count
>>      v_free_count
>> drops, eventually becoming /much/ less than v_page_count.  After leaving
>> xscreensaver running overnight, cycling the saver every 10 minutes, the
>> system was unusable, because it only had a few MB of memory.  (It has 8
>> GB physical.)
>>
>
> In case anyone is curious, /usr/local/bin/xscreensaver-hacks/glmatrix
> triggers a fairly fast leak--around 600 pages per second.
>
> Eric
>
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