# uname -a Linux butt1 2.6.32.32-0.1-default #1 SMP Mon Mar 14 12:33:30 MSK 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# zcat /proc/config.gz | grep AUFS CONFIG_AUFS_FS=y # CONFIG_AUFS_BRANCH_MAX_127 is not set # CONFIG_AUFS_BRANCH_MAX_511 is not set CONFIG_AUFS_BRANCH_MAX_1023=y # CONFIG_AUFS_BRANCH_MAX_32767 is not set CONFIG_AUFS_SBILIST=y # CONFIG_AUFS_HNOTIFY is not set # CONFIG_AUFS_RDU is not set # CONFIG_AUFS_SP_IATTR is not set # CONFIG_AUFS_SHWH is not set # CONFIG_AUFS_BR_RAMFS is not set # CONFIG_AUFS_BR_FUSE is not set CONFIG_AUFS_BR_HFSPLUS=y CONFIG_AUFS_BDEV_LOOP=y # CONFIG_AUFS_DEBUG is not set # cat /proc/mounts rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 udev /dev tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755 0 0 /dev/sda2 / xfs rw,relatime,attr2,noquota 0 0 /proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0 debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,gid=5,mode=620 0 0 /dev/sda1 /boot ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,user_xattr,acl,data=writeback 0 0 /dev/sdb /mnt/g1/0 xfs rw,relatime,attr2,noquota 0 0 /dev/sdc /mnt/g2/0 xfs rw,relatime,attr2,noquota 0 0 /dev/md2 /mnt/backup_mirror_0001 xfs rw,noatime,nodiratime,attr2,inode64,logbufs=8,logbsize=256k,noquota 0 0 /dev/md0 /mnt/backup_mirror_0002 xfs rw,noatime,nodiratime,attr2,inode64,logbufs=8,logbsize=256k,noquota 0 0 /dev/md1 /mnt/backup_mirror_0003 xfs rw,noatime,nodiratime,attr2,inode64,logbufs=8,logbsize=256k,noquota 0 0 /dev/md3 /mnt/backup_mirror_0004 xfs rw,noatime,nodiratime,attr2,inode64,logbufs=8,logbsize=256k,noquota 0 0 /dev/md4 /mnt/backup_mirror_0005 xfs rw,noatime,nodiratime,attr2,inode64,logbufs=8,logbsize=256k,noquota 0 0 /dev/sda7 /db xfs rw,relatime,attr2,noquota 0 0 fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw,relatime 0 0 /dev/sdi /xino ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=writeback 0 0 none /mnt/backup_mirror_global aufs rw,relatime,si=586e167e8b86b525,create=mfs,sum 0 0 # cat /sys/module/aufs/parameters/brs 1 Reproduce: # free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 3895 309 3585 0 0 141 -/+ buffers/cache: 167 3727 Swap: 0 0 0 # dd if=/dev/zero of=test2 ^C9697128+0 records in 9697128+0 records out 4964929536 bytes (5.0 GB) copied, 54.2538 s, 91.5 MB/s # free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 3895 3861 33 0 0 3693 -/+ buffers/cache: 167 3727 Swap: 0 0 0 # cat /proc/meminfo | grep Cache Cached: 3646976 kB SwapCached: 0 kB # rm -rf test2 # free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 3895 238 3656 0 0 71 -/+ buffers/cache: 166 3728 Swap: 0 0 0 # cat /proc/meminfo | grep Cache Cached: 49656 kB SwapCached: 0 kB butt2:/mnt/test_storage # When I write to the mount point. All my memory is gone.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar