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Date:      Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:55:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:      <iedowse@FreeBSD.org>
To:        geniusj@ods.org, iedowse@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: kern/23247: FreeBSD 4.2 Active memory usage climbs even when idle. process table cannot make up for it.
Message-ID:  <200107101755.f6AHtHn09356@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Synopsis: FreeBSD 4.2 Active memory usage climbs even when idle. process table cannot make up for it.

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: iedowse
State-Changed-When: Tue Jul 10 10:33:14 PDT 2001
State-Changed-Why: 

FreeBSD's memory system is quite complex, so there isn't a direct
relationship between the memory used by all processes and the count
of "active" memory. The active memory simply refers to pages that
are currently on the "active" page queue, and pages can be there
for a variety of reasons (I don't know the details). This question
appears every now and again; you might find a better answer if you
search the mailing list archives.

Unless you are seeing the system actually run out of memory
unexpectedly, this is almost certainly not a leak.

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=23247

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