Bug 47709

Summary:	memory leak in redhat 7.0
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <taron0>
Component:	redhat-release	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.0	CC:	rvokal
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Description Need Real Name 2001-07-06 16:36:07 UTC

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Description of problem:
I am running Redhat 7.0, and have a serious memory leak.  The system 
usually uses around 100 megs of memory when it boots up, but w/out running 
a single program, in hours it's using up nearly all system memory.  (384 
megs)  I can not figure out which process is causing this... when I run 
top, and sort by memory usuage, the X server is using the most memory of 
any process (usually between 40 and 60 megs)
I have not been able to find any memory leak reports on the Redhat web 
site, and I have no idea how to pinpoint this memory leak, any help is 
appreciated

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Boot system up
2.  Do not run any programs for several hours
3.  Memory usage will climb gradually
	

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2001-07-09 05:12:57 UTC

It's being used for buffers & cache. It's normal; it will be freed
if it's needed for something else.