Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:12:59 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Jack Raats <jack@jarasoft.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: memory leak and swapfile Message-ID: <20101127031259.7CD631CC0C@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:17:05 %2B0100." <1DDFC51B19BA4655A2B8AFE4EC536337@jarasc430>
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> From: "Jack Raats" <jack@jarasoft.net> > Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:17:05 +0100 > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > It looks like that there may be a memory leak of my swap space with one of > the processes that is running. > Big question: How can I determine which process is responsible. > > Any suggestions? ps -aux Look for processes with large values in the VSZ column. I'm sure that there are other ways to see this, but that's an easy one. You can, of course, pipe the output to sort and use the -k 5 -n options. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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