<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hi All,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">In a stable system with 2.6.14 kernel,
which continuously sends/receive packets, I noticed an increase in slab
size of around 1.5GB in 30 hours. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I see a continuous increase in number
of task_struct and size-16384(thread info) object.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I use an application that uses SIGEV
timer thread with time-out of 20 millisecs. Each time, upon expiry of SIGEV
timer(20 millisecs), a thread start routine will run "as if"
it were a new thread, to process the packets in the system.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Whenever the application is killed/restarted,
all the task_struct objects are getting released.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">1. Is there any known issue in 2.6.14
kernel for handling SIGEV timer thread ?</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">2.Will there be any issue in 2.6.14
kernel, in clean up of task_struct for application that creates/deletes
threads at a rate of 20 millisec?</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thread creation/deletion are handled
properly in the application. Still I am unable to figure out reason for
memory leak.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Appreciate your inputs.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks,<br>
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