[Samba] limit samba page cache in linux

[ajay kanala]

On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Marc Muehlfeld <mmuehlfeld at samba.org> wrote:

> Am 08.06.2014 09:37, schrieb ajay kanala:
> >> I am using linux kernel 3.10.12 (mips) on my embedded router box with
> >> samba server version: 3.0.24
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> > Any pointers?
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> Normally I would first advice to upgrade to a Samba version that isn't 7
> years old. But as this is a embedded system, the situation is a bit
> different.
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> Yes, :) . Just worked perfectly for us so far so we didnt think of
changing it.

> Kai Blin had a good presentation about Samba on 盜ervers and the
> problems with recent Samba versions this year at the SambaXP:
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> http://sambaxp.org/fileadmin/user_upload/SambaXP2014-AUDIO/thu/track1/sambaxp2014-thu-track1-Kai_Blin-uSamba-ScalingSambaDowntoMicroServers.mp3
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> http://sambaxp.org/fileadmin/user_upload/SambaXP2014-DATA/thu/track1/Kai_Blin-Samba-ScalingSambaDowntoMicroServers.pdf
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> Do you have the possibility to put a new Samba version on the box (maybe
> cross-compile)? What hardware is in your router?
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> We are using MIPS based 34kc ethernet to wifi router. I couldnt cross
compile the latest available one ( too many compilation issues which i need
to figure out). Meanwhile one of my colleague stepped back to version 3.6.5
(we didnt face any compilation issues on this one) and the behavior was
same ( buffers keep growing ). I will keep you posted if i am able to
compile the latest one.

Regards
Ajay

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> Regards,
> Marc
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