[linux-cifs-client] Re: CIFS memory problem

[Randall Bramley]

The problem seems to have disappeared with the latest release, and may have
been related to the large file problem that was also fixed.

thanks,
-Randy Bramley
 Indiana University

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, Randall Bramley wrote:

>
>
> This may be a well known bug with CIFS, but I have found next to nothing
> that solves the problem.  Executive summary: we run a CIFS server on a
> Windows machine, and cross-mount it with a Linux box.  Accessing a directory
> on the CIFS and executing just plain "ls" eventually causes kernel memory
> to run out and the system to lock up.  "Eventually" means within a matter
> of minutes, not weeks.  /proc/slab shows a rapid increase of the memory
> as soon as the cifs-vfs mounted shares were used.
>
> Detailed logs, kernel messages, and /proc/slab info about this problem is
> posted at
>     http://iri-web.informatics.indiana.edu/~kihuffma/cifstest_269/
>
> Has anyone else noted this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> -Randall Bramley
>