Subject: huge kernel memory usage
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 06/13/2002 12:06:09
vmstat -m shows:
In use 1715K, total allocated 3848K; utilization 44.6%
BUFPAGES are 512 (2MB).
kernel image itself is 1.8MB
why it's total of 20MB?!
4 DK 0:00.00 127 127 0 0 19996 - 0 0.0 15.3
[scsibus0]
3 DK 0:00.00 127 127 0 0 19996 - 0 0.0 15.3 [usbtask]
2 DK 0:00.01 38 127 0 0 19996 - 0 0.0 15.3 [usb0]
0 DKs 0:00.18 4 127 162 0 19996 - 0 0.0 15.3 [swapper]
9 DK 0:03.38 4 127 0 0 19996 - 0 0.0 15.3
[aiodoned]
8 DK 1:19.00 0 127 0 0 19996 - 0 0.0 15.3 [ioflush]
7 DK 0:32.66 4 127 0 0 19996 - 0 0.0 15.3 [reaper]
6 DK 0:06.41 127 127 0 0 19996 - 0 0.0 15.3
[pagedaemon]
5 DK 0:00.00 127 127 0 0 19996 - 0 0.0 15.3 [pms0]
kernel 1.6B1, with 1.5 it was no more than 12 (still lots)