Hi List, I have a few queries regarding slab memory and it's usage. I have seen slab cache increase by even 1GB, over two to three days on a stable system.(The system was sending and receiving bulk amounts of packets). When is slab usually freed? Also when I analyzed /proc/slabinfo, I was able to see that the number of active slab objects were increasing mostly for task_struct, dentry_cache and proc_inode_caches. When are these caches allotted objects, in general? Can anyone please explain the behavior related to slab allocation; or point to any reference material? Thanks, Sowmya. =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you