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#1 2018-09-13 15:37:06
- coolsidd
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Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
I am facing huge memory leak issues on the linux kernel since the past few weeks. Within hours my ram gets filled. I have attached the output of /proc/meminfo right after boot and after a while ( 4 hours)
MemTotal: 3939328 kB
MemFree: 957132 kB
MemAvailable: 2367416 kB
Buffers: 42372 kB
Cached: 1677776 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 1197604 kB
Inactive: 1125964 kB
Active(anon): 603932 kB
Inactive(anon): 167916 kB
Active(file): 593672 kB
Inactive(file): 958048 kB
Unevictable: 64 kB
Mlocked: 64 kB
SwapTotal: 4194296 kB
SwapFree: 4194296 kB
Dirty: 136 kB
Writeback: 0 kB
AnonPages: 603540 kB
Mapped: 299804 kB
Shmem: 168432 kB
Slab: 188544 kB
SReclaimable: 134880 kB
SUnreclaim: 53664 kB
KernelStack: 5936 kB
PageTables: 19464 kB
NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
Bounce: 0 kB
WritebackTmp: 0 kB
CommitLimit: 6163960 kB
Committed_AS: 3288720 kB
VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB
VmallocUsed: 0 kB
VmallocChunk: 0 kB
HardwareCorrupted: 0 kB
AnonHugePages: 2048 kB
ShmemHugePages: 0 kB
ShmemPmdMapped: 0 kB
HugePages_Total: 0
HugePages_Free: 0
HugePages_Rsvd: 0
HugePages_Surp: 0
Hugepagesize: 2048 kB
Hugetlb: 0 kB
DirectMap4k: 179600 kB
DirectMap2M: 3911680 kB
DirectMap1G: 1048576 kBafter
MemTotal: 3939328 kB
MemFree: 222564 kB
MemAvailable: 1101564 kB
Buffers: 47576 kB
Cached: 1164596 kB
SwapCached: 72 kB
Active: 886748 kB
Inactive: 928276 kB
Active(anon): 350172 kB
Inactive(anon): 426388 kB
Active(file): 536576 kB
Inactive(file): 501888 kB
Unevictable: 64 kB
Mlocked: 64 kB
SwapTotal: 4194296 kB
SwapFree: 4193516 kB
Dirty: 720 kB
Writeback: 0 kB
AnonPages: 602852 kB
Mapped: 288720 kB
Shmem: 173704 kB
Slab: 172604 kB
SReclaimable: 98928 kB
SUnreclaim: 73676 kB
KernelStack: 5952 kB
PageTables: 19472 kB
NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
Bounce: 0 kB
WritebackTmp: 0 kB
CommitLimit: 6163960 kB
Committed_AS: 3289656 kB
VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB
VmallocUsed: 0 kB
VmallocChunk: 0 kB
HardwareCorrupted: 0 kB
AnonHugePages: 2048 kB
ShmemHugePages: 0 kB
ShmemPmdMapped: 0 kB
HugePages_Total: 0
HugePages_Free: 0
HugePages_Rsvd: 0
HugePages_Surp: 0
Hugepagesize: 2048 kB
Hugetlb: 0 kB
DirectMap4k: 275856 kB
DirectMap2M: 3815424 kB
DirectMap1G: 1048576 kBhere is the output of top after leak
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
989 sidd 20 0 1192020 194804 72940 S 0.0 4.9 0:31.35 slack
732 sidd 20 0 1508000 144280 72116 S 0.0 3.7 0:53.28 slack
949 sidd 20 0 1047392 110088 64340 S 0.0 2.8 0:26.71 slack
425 root 20 0 1052116 83936 59080 S 6.2 2.1 2:08.38 Xorg
478 mysql 20 0 866496 80944 16452 S 0.0 2.1 0:18.62 mysqld
936 sidd 20 0 374824 64360 44380 S 0.0 1.6 0:04.60 slack
707 sidd 20 0 407312 55600 15256 S 0.0 1.4 2:37.70 awesome
730 sidd 20 0 673496 51088 37604 S 0.0 1.3 0:00.81 kdeconnect-indi
769 sidd 20 0 663080 49720 36716 S 0.0 1.3 0:02.95 kdeconnectd
870 sidd 20 0 299496 40120 27880 S 0.0 1.0 0:00.06 slack
9533 sidd 20 0 612936 39916 24644 S 0.0 1.0 0:06.95 xfce4-terminal
714 sidd 20 0 1276620 33260 17724 S 0.0 0.8 0:07.21 Thunar
771 sidd 20 0 502288 31804 18920 S 0.0 0.8 0:08.03 nm-applet
400 root 20 0 202616 25536 18460 S 0.0 0.6 0:01.01 httpd
788 sidd 20 0 355560 25124 12680 S 0.0 0.6 0:01.79 xfce4-power-man
716 sidd 20 0 387172 25040 14396 S 0.0 0.6 0:01.25 xfdesktop
770 sidd 20 0 411728 24028 12420 S 0.0 0.6 0:01.37 xfce4-notifyd
418 postgres 20 0 234972 22648 21268 S 0.0 0.6 0:00.14 postgres
490 polkitd 20 0 2001284 20876 14848 S 0.0 0.5 0:00.66 polkitd
775 sidd 20 0 374612 20476 9720 S 0.0 0.5 0:01.58 light-locker
753 sidd 20 0 292936 20272 9692 S 0.0 0.5 0:00.31 polkit-gnome-au
736 sidd 20 0 579012 18236 8544 S 0.0 0.5 0:00.49 xfce4-volumed-p
390 root 20 0 814912 17636 14316 S 0.0 0.4 0:11.18 NetworkManager
731 sidd 20 0 180152 17036 7632 S 0.0 0.4 0:57.91 compton
249 root 20 0 89712 15352 14544 S 0.0 0.4 0:00.97 systemd-journal
719 sidd 20 0 332828 15280 12332 S 0.0 0.4 0:00.38 xfsettingsd
711 sidd 20 0 149712 15168 12140 S 0.0 0.4 0:01.02 xfce4-panel
676 sidd 20 0 293824 14264 12052 S 0.0 0.4 0:00.25 xfce4-session
498 http 20 0 207380 12904 5796 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.06 httpd
499 http 20 0 207380 12904 5796 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.00 httpd
500 http 20 0 207380 12904 5796 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.00 httpd
501 http 20 0 207380 12708 5600 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.00 httpd
502 http 20 0 207380 12680 5572 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.00 httpd
764 sidd 9 -11 866940 11604 8184 S 0.0 0.3 0:25.73 pulseaudio
3593 root 20 0 444768 11248 8716 S 0.0 0.3 0:02.19 udisksd
3590 sidd 20 0 310316 11180 9320 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.27 gvfs-udisks2-vo
261 root 20 0 76260 9012 5684 S 0.0 0.2 0:01.47 systemd-udevd
1 root 20 0 220192 8748 6744 S 0.0 0.2 0:02.17 systemd
801 root 20 0 289152 8384 6832 S 0.0 0.2 0:01.07 upowerd
564 postgres 20 0 234972 8028 6632 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.32 postgres
628 sidd 20 0 64764 8008 6712 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.10 systemd
3607 sidd 20 0 335708 7308 5164 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.24 gvfsd-trash
619 root 20 0 229448 7260 6244 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.03 lightdm
408 root 20 0 333548 6844 5688 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.10 lightdm
831 sidd 20 0 280316 6484 5612 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.04 gsettings-helpe
3613 sidd 20 0 410588 6384 5176 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.05 gvfsd-network
3618 sidd 20 0 345808 6372 5448 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.10 gvfsd-dnssd
385 root 20 0 57048 6104 5380 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.32 systemd-logind
639 sidd 20 0 254744 6076 5148 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.08 gnome-keyring-d
565 postgres 20 0 235388 5960 4360 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.15 postgres
739 sidd 20 0 258476 5828 4908 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.05 gvfsd
489 root 20 0 24708 5616 4752 S 0.0 0.1 0:02.22 wpa_supplicant
9538 sidd 20 0 12928 5544 3616 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.47 bash
745 sidd 20 0 395368 5520 4836 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.01 gvfsd-fuse
761 sidd 20 0 196160 5428 4664 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.35 at-spi2-registr
754 sidd 20 0 324368 5396 4768 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 at-spi-bus-laun
698 sidd 20 0 36824 5132 4292 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.12 xfconfd
793 sidd 20 0 167300 5040 4340 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.03 dconf-service
387 dbus 20 0 21272 4588 3452 S 0.0 0.1 0:05.40 dbus-daemon
669 sidd 20 0 20888 4444 3540 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.38 dbus-daemon
3624 sidd 20 0 176864 4304 3920 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.01 gvfsd-metadata
567 postgres 20 0 235272 4260 2760 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.01 postgres
417 ntp 20 0 84952 4180 3612 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.81 ntpd
383 systemd+ 20 0 137360 4020 3364 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.43 systemd-timesyn
759 sidd 20 0 20432 3868 3464 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.05 dbus-daemon
563 postgres 20 0 234972 3384 2012 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.39 postgres
562 postgres 20 0 234972 3320 1948 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 postgres
642 sidd 20 0 11456 3268 2808 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.05 sh
405 root 20 0 20164 3244 2684 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.02 sshd
844 sidd 20 0 11456 3024 2692 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 bash
10678 sidd 20 0 22500 3024 2652 R 6.2 0.1 0:00.01 top
776 rtkit 21 1 164792 2712 2480 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.30 rtkit-daemon
566 postgres 20 0 89896 2680 1308 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.18 postgres
854 sidd 20 0 18328 2300 2064 S 0.0 0.1 0:02.12 unclutter
630 sidd 20 0 262332 2108 40 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 (sd-pam)
704 sidd 20 0 163148 1356 1188 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.78 gpg-agent
259 root 20 0 82336 1344 1204 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 lvmetad
701 sidd 20 0 7496 340 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ssh-agent
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 kthreadd
3 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rcu_gp
4 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rcu_par_gp
6 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/0:0H-kblockd
8 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mm_percpu_wq
9 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.73 ksoftirqd/0
10 root -2 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:08.91 rcu_preempt
11 root -2 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.03 rcu_sched
12 root -2 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rcu_bh
13 root -2 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.06 rcuc/0
14 root -2 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rcub/0
15 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 migration/0
16 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 watchdog/0
17 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cpuhp/0
18 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cpuhp/1
19 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 watchdog/1
20 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.03 migration/1
21 root -2 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.34 rcuc/1
22 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.04 ksoftirqd/1
24 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/1:0H-kblockd
25 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cpuhp/2
26 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.07 watchdog/2
27 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 migration/2
28 root -2 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.09 rcuc/2
29 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.73 ksoftirqd/2
31 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/2:0H-kblockd
32 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cpuhp/3
33 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 watchdog/3
34 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 migration/3
35 root -2 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:03.23 rcuc/3
36 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:03.93 ksoftirqd/3
38 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/3:0H-kblockd
39 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kdevtmpfs
40 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 netns
41 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rcu_tasks_kthre
42 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kauditd
46 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 khungtaskd
47 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 oom_reaper
48 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 writeback
49 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.20 kcompactd0
50 root 25 5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksmd
51 root 39 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.50 khugepaged
52 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 crypto
53 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kintegrityd
54 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd
56 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 edac-poller
57 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 devfreq_wq
58 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdogd
61 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.86 kswapd0
100 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthrotld
101 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 acpi_thermal_pm
102 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 nvme-wq
103 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 nvme-reset-wq
104 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 nvme-delete-wq
105 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ipv6_addrconf
114 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kstrp
123 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 charger_manager
148 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ttm_swap
185 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata_sff
186 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_0
187 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_tmf_0
188 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_1
189 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_tmf_1
195 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 kworker/1:1H-kblockd
197 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/0:1H-kblockd
199 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 kworker/3:1H-kblockd
206 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 kworker/2:1H-kblockd
209 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/u9:0-hci0
221 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.49 jbd2/sda2-8
222 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ext4-rsv-conver
279 root -51 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 irq/125-mei_me
290 root -2 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.40 i915/signal:0
291 root -2 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 i915/signal:1
292 root -2 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 i915/signal:2
293 root -2 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 i915/signal:6
301 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cfg80211
306 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/u9:1-hci0
6927 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.95 kworker/u8:3-phy0
7916 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.81 kworker/u8:1-i915
9428 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/3:0-events
9887 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 6.2 0.0 0:00.27 kworker/u8:0-events_freezable_power_
9894 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.22 kworker/1:1-events
9899 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 kworker/0:1-events
9900 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/2:0-events
10083 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/3:1-events
10091 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:01.72 kworker/2:2-events
10651 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/1:2-events
10664 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/2:1-events
10673 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/0:0
21035 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.40 kworker/0:2-events
21625 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:15.34 kworker/1:0-events
31168 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.41 kworker/3:2-eventsThe problem is solved after switching to the lts kernel so I suspect it to be caused by a module.
Last edited by V1del (2018-09-18 11:23:57)
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#2 2018-09-13 15:43:21
- loqs
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
Welcome to the arch linux forums coolsidd. You mentioned the past few weeks but no version numbers if you downgrade to 4.17.14.arch1-1 does that have the issue?
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#3 2018-09-13 15:53:23
- coolsidd
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
Currently on 4.18.6-arch1-1. I will revert and check that tonight (It takes a couple of hours for the leak to show up). Till then here are the outputs of lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers
Kernel driver in use: skl_uncore
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] (rev 07)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520]
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 08)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem
Kernel driver in use: proc_thermal
Kernel modules: processor_thermal_device
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 21)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
Kernel modules: xhci_pci
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem (rev 21)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem
Kernel driver in use: intel_pch_thermal
Kernel modules: intel_pch_thermal
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1 (rev 21)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI
Kernel driver in use: mei_me
Kernel modules: mei_me
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev f1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 21)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP LPC Controller
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC (rev 21)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP PMC
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev 21)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP SMBus
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c_i801
01:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / R7 M520] (rev 83)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Radeon R5 M330
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeon, amdgpu
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 07)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Kernel driver in use: rtl8723be
Kernel modules: rtl8723beand on the lts
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers
Kernel driver in use: skl_uncore
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] (rev 07)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520]
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 08)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem
Kernel driver in use: proc_thermal
Kernel modules: processor_thermal_device
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 21)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
Kernel modules: xhci_pci
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem (rev 21)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem
Kernel driver in use: intel_pch_thermal
Kernel modules: intel_pch_thermal
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1 (rev 21)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI
Kernel driver in use: mei_me
Kernel modules: mei_me
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev f1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 21)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP LPC Controller
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC (rev 21)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP PMC
Kernel driver in use: intel_pmc_core
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev 21)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sunrise Point-LP SMBus
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c_i801
01:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / R7 M520] (rev 83)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Radeon R5 M330
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeon, amdgpu
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 07)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Kernel driver in use: rtl8723be
Kernel modules: rtl8723beMy wifi driver does not work properly on lts. Also I once switched to amdgpu to use opencl for blender. I have reverted since then but I have not yet uninstalled the module.
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#4 2018-09-14 11:20:39
- saga
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
The memory usage of my arch linux system keeps increasing during usage. I'm sure I'm not confusing my issue with the hard drive data caching behaviour. This behaviour isn't observed if I boot with lts kernel. This is the output of `free -m` from a tty after using my system for a couple of hours with kernel 4.18.6, with no user programs running:
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7901 2179 3873 1 1849 5425
Swap: 0 0 0
As you can see the memory usage has risen up to over 2 GB. No such issue appears with lts kernel.
It's a bit of a bummer since wifi drivers for kernel 4.18 finally provide really good signal with realtek cards, and I can't use it because of this memory issue.
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#5 2018-09-14 12:58:11
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
I do NOT see any of that on my systems.
E.g. One of my systems (4.18.6 kernel) has been up for at least 24h
Remote desktop into it by xrdp backend.
Running full xfce desktop and asorted apps for 10-12 hours.
After log out (closing xfce and disconnecting) free -m gives:
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7429 117 368 0 6943 7049
Swap: 2047 0 2047Edit: Clarify
Last edited by TheSgtBilko (2018-09-14 18:29:34)
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#6 2018-09-14 13:46:15
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 6#p1807546
But "free" alone is no good indicator, check /proc/meminfo and top (latter to see if any userspace process - there are *always* dozens - is the offender)
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#7 2018-09-14 14:27:34
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
The memory leak disappeared after switching to the older kernel. Will mark this as solved if the memory leak doesn't appear till tomorrow.
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#8 2018-09-14 14:46:01
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
I would describe that as a workaround rather than a fix. You could switch to linux-lts but there will still be an issue with 4.18+.
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#9 2018-09-14 15:14:35
- saga
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 6#p1807546
But "free" alone is no good indicator, check /proc/meminfo and top (latter to see if any userspace process - there are *always* dozens - is the offender)
I've checked both of them and they give similar results. There don't appear to be any memory hungry processes either. As I said, this issue disappears if I boot with lts kernel, so it must have something to do with the new kernel.
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#10 2018-09-14 17:49:09
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
Is the issue present using linux 4.17.14.arch1-1?
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#11 2018-09-15 05:56:49
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
Is the issue present using linux 4.17.14.arch1-1?
No it wasn't.
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#12 2018-09-15 07:51:52
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
Though we've not seen the actual meminfo yet, you suggest it's the same issue, so I'd suggest to hook onto the other thread and report this for deletion or merging to focus efforts.
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#13 2018-09-15 12:33:12
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
I would describe that as a workaround rather than a fix. You could switch to linux-lts but there will still be an issue with 4.18+.
Should I file it as a bug in the kernel? I could also be a bug in one of the modules that I am using.
The output of diff of lspci -k shows an additional shpchp module in 4.18+. Note this module is not appearing in either lts or 4.17.11. Could it be the culprit?
I am now testing it by loading it on 4.17.11, if I see a memory leak now I will blacklist it (not sure if it is the right idea).
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#14 2018-09-17 10:53:06
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
After reverting back to 4.18+ I am still experiencing the memory leak. After a lot of experimentation, the leak still remains. I am still not sure which module is causing it. Could anyoune share their thoughts on what should be done next. I really don't want to switch to lts since my wifi does not work properly on it. I am thinking of building kedr on my system. Is there a better alternative?
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#15 2018-09-17 11:46:36
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
Not sure if they are better alternatives but you could try 4.19-rc4 or bisect between 4.17 and 4.18.
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#16 2018-09-18 05:24:23
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
Can confirm, haven't tried closing X11 yet but nothing in htop accounts back to total memory usage (used, not buffers/cache)
(9 days of uptime)
# smem -twk
Area Used Cache Noncache
firmware/hardware 0 0 0
kernel image 0 0 0
kernel dynamic memory 3.9G 458.5M 3.5G
userspace memory 1.5G 399.2M 1.1G
free memory 2.3G 2.3G 0
----------------------------------------------------------
7.8G 3.2G 4.6GLast edited by swiftgeek (2018-09-18 05:37:46)
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#17 2018-09-18 07:44:57
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
Here's the output of `cat /proc/meminfo` after a couple of hours of usage of my laptop with linux kernel 4.18.7.arch1.1:
MemTotal: 8091176 kB
MemFree: 3800108 kB
MemAvailable: 6221892 kB
Buffers: 828688 kB
Cached: 1575908 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 1498860 kB
Inactive: 962800 kB
Active(anon): 57996 kB
Inactive(anon): 2976 kB
Active(file): 1440864 kB
Inactive(file): 959824 kB
Unevictable: 0 kB
Mlocked: 0 kB
SwapTotal: 0 kB
SwapFree: 0 kB
Dirty: 12 kB
Writeback: 0 kB
AnonPages: 57116 kB
Mapped: 108664 kB
Shmem: 3912 kB
Slab: 387176 kB
SReclaimable: 327932 kB
SUnreclaim: 59244 kB
KernelStack: 4000 kB
PageTables: 4248 kB
NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
Bounce: 0 kB
WritebackTmp: 0 kB
CommitLimit: 4045588 kB
Committed_AS: 702464 kB
VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB
VmallocUsed: 0 kB
VmallocChunk: 0 kB
HardwareCorrupted: 0 kB
AnonHugePages: 0 kB
ShmemHugePages: 0 kB
ShmemPmdMapped: 0 kB
HugePages_Total: 0
HugePages_Free: 0
HugePages_Rsvd: 0
HugePages_Surp: 0
Hugepagesize: 2048 kB
Hugetlb: 0 kB
DirectMap4k: 644988 kB
DirectMap2M: 7663616 kB
DirectMap1G: 1048576 kB
With no other userspace programs running besides the shell.
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#18 2018-09-18 09:24:38
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
Could you give us the output of lspci -vnn. I am also facing the same issue https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=240381
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#19 2018-09-18 10:01:54
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
While bisecting, it may be possible to enable kmemleak and use it to check for the leak. This should be faster than waiting for used memory in the free output.
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#20 2018-09-18 11:23:12
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
Merging the two topics, please focus on this one for a solution/debugging regarding this leak.
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#21 2018-09-18 19:46:41
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
Woah seems like kmemleak found something. Could someone please make sense of it as I clearly don't understand this. Here is the output from kmemleak
https://gist.github.com/coolsidd/d8a1d5 … 6a6b243dc4
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#22 2018-09-18 19:56:28
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
I can't make much sense from it, but did you try to narrow the result down? First clear the kmemleak buffer after the boot process. The used memory is growing during normal operation, so possible leaks during the boot process should be not important. Then compare the output of a bugfree 4.17.XY with the buggy 4.18 release, you can probably rule out any entry that is in both logs.
Edit: But before doing that, try what happens if you remove the rtlwifi, rtl_pci and maybe amdgpu modules and check if the memory usage still grows. The leaks seem to come from these modules.
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#23 2018-09-18 19:59:06
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
After some pci probing and the lion share seems to be rtl_pci interrupt handling (your network driver)
Try to unload the module (it's most likely a dependency for some rtlxxxxxxxxx module) and check the memory drain.
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#24 2018-09-18 20:41:58
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
I have updated the gist with the output of kmemleak after clearing and scanning (done after about 45 mins of runtime)
https://gist.github.com/coolsidd/d8a1d5 … /revisions
As for the amdgpu I don't believe that it is the cause (of atleast the major part) of the leak. It was the first module I removed while checking so I can confirm that the leak persists after removing amdgpu.
As for the rtl8723be (my network driver) , the lts version is very different doesn't properly work (it does not have the antenna select option). However I have been using this module since a year and it is also present of 4.17.x. Were there any changes in this version (their github page does not show any major changes since last 6 months). I will build for 4.17.x tomorrow to confirm whether the leak is due to the rtl drivers.
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#25 2018-09-18 21:09:23
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Re: Huge memory leak on linux kernel 4.18
There were a few commits for rtlwifi between 4.17.14 and 4.18.6
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke … 4..v4.18.6
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