Re: 2.4.20-18 size-4096 memory leaks

[yuval yeret]

> From: "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> That's not a leak, it simply sounds like cache effects.  atime updates
> result in journal commits under ext3, and those use at least a couple of
> buffers at a time (one for the metadata descriptor block in the journal,
> one for the journal commit.)  Those aren't leaks --- they are temporary
> use of cache, and once the IO has complete the memory can be immediately
> reclaimed by the kernel if it is needed for anything else.

I'm using noatime for my ext3 mount points ...

> Cheers,
>  Stephen

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