Subject: Re: Kernel resident memory size is quite large
To: None <port-amd64@netbsd.org>
From: None <antiright@gmail.com>
List: port-amd64
Date: 04/03/2006 18:09:41
> Memory: 452M Act, 151M Inact, 5252K Wired, 21M Exec, 484M File, 54M Free
> 
>   PID USERNAME PRI NICE   SIZE   RES STATE      TIME   WCPU    CPU COMMAND
>    11 root      18    0     0K  230M syncer     3:30  0.00%  0.00% [ioflush]
>     2 root      10    0     0K  230M usbevt     0:00  0.00%  0.00% [usb0]
>     3 root      10    0     0K  230M usbtsk     0:00  0.00%  0.00% [usbtask]
>     4 root      10    0     0K  230M usbevt     0:00  0.00%  0.00% [usb1]
>     5 root      -6    0     0K  230M atath      0:00  0.00%  0.00% [atabus0]
>     6 root      -6    0     0K  230M atath      0:00  0.00%  0.00% [atabus1]
>     7 root      -6    0     0K  230M atath      0:00  0.00%  0.00% [atabus2]
>     8 root      -6    0     0K  230M atath      0:00  0.00%  0.00% [atabus3]
>     9 root      -6    0     0K  230M sccomp     0:00  0.00%  0.00% [atapibus0]
>     0 root     -18    0     0K  230M schedule   0:00  0.00%  0.00% [swapper]
>    10 root     -18    0     0K  230M pgdaemon   0:00  0.00%  0.00% [pagedaemon]
>    12 root     -18    0     0K  230M aiodoned   0:00  0.00%  0.00% [aiodoned]
Has anyone else experienced such a large resident memory size, as used by
kernel processes?  If other people are claiming that such processes on
their amd64 boxes consume only ~8MB, then I am concerned.  

-Jeff