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)