On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 08:04, Tru64 User wrote:
> When I issue a showmount -e "nodename" from a client,
> the server ("nodename") locks up completely, and top
> shows high memory usage (893k out og 900k).
>
> Suprisingly enough, "ps -aux" does not show any single
> process utilizing much memory...
> ps -aux|wc -l ==80processes, all either 0.0 or 0.1%
> utilization, which amounts to less than 8% overall
>
this only shows you user space processes, and
> Where is this extra memory utlized?
it's being used by the kernel, as NFS is a kernel-level network daemon
(ew, icky).
> Why is it not showing up?
use free instead, or top will show you kernel memory vs user memory.
> Why is it only doing this after a showmount -e from a
> client?
sounds like a bug, but not sure if it's kernel-level or has something to
do with user-space proggies in nfs-utils. I'd start by upgrading
nfs-utils to the latest version you can find.
>
> Only way to get out of this is a complete reboot!!!
> I am running Mandrake Linux 8.2 Kernel 2.4.28-6mdk
> (default kernel, no modifications done)
>
> would appreciate any pointers.....
>
> _Thanks
>
> Richard
>
>
>
> CPU states: 0.1% user, 0.0% system, 0.0% nice,
> 99.8% idle
> Mem: 900940K av, 893528K used, 7412K free,
> 0K shrd, 206196K buff
> Swap: 248968K av, 0K used, 248968K free
> 263612K cached
>
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