reopen 217841
found 217841 1:3.2.7-9
tags 217841 + lenny
thanks
This bug is still present. Tested with procps 1:3.2.7-9 (lenny) on amd64.
> /sbin/swapon -s
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/sda2 partition 1975984 0 -3
> free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 2029520 1957272 72248 0 74124 458768
-/+ buffers/cache: 1424380 605140
Swap: 1975984 0 1975984
top output:
top - 10:01:59 up 8 days, 17:31, 9 users, load average: 0.19, 0.14, 0.13
Tasks: 134 total, 2 running, 132 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 3.3%us, 0.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 95.7%id, 0.0%wa, 0.2%hi, 0.2%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 2029520k total, 1957072k used, 72448k free, 74220k buffers
Swap: 1975984k total, 0k used, 1975984k free, 458780k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ SWAP COMMAND
3734 cruvolo 20 0 1623m 884m 25m S 4 44.6 810:35.54 739m xulrunner-stub
3383 root 20 0 203m 97m 11m S 1 4.9 229:43.07 105m Xorg
^^^^
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 05:57:03AM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> #217841: procps: top shows SWAP in use when it isn't
>
> It has been closed by Craig Small <[email protected]>.
>
> Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
> If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a
> better one in a separate message then please contact Craig Small
> <[email protected]> by
> replying to this email.
>
>
> --
> 217841: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=217841
> Debian Bug Tracking System
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> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:54:14 +1100
> From: Craig Small <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Would of been fixed in 3.2.7
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17)
>
> Package: procps
> Version: 1:3.2.7-1
>
> This would of been fixed in the new top and procps, its an old bug.
>
> - Craig
> --
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>
> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 09:46:20 -0800
> From: Chris Ruvolo <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: procps: top shows SWAP in use when it isn't
> Content-Type: text/plain
> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i
>
> Package: procps
> Version: 1:3.1.14-1
> Severity: normal
>
>
> There seems to be a problem in how top computes the amount of per-process
> SWAP being used. Even though both free, swapon -s, and the top header
> report 0 bytes of swap in use, the per-process SWAP field is non-zero.
>
> Under 2.6.0-test9, the SWAP field is multiple megabytes. Under 2.4.20, the
> SWAP field is usually near zero (but still non-zero) except in the case of
> XFree86 (mmaped frame buffer?).
>
>
> Example for 2.6.0-test9:
>
> # uname -a
> Linux hork.localnet 2.6.0-test9 #1 Sun Oct 26 00:50:16 PDT 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> # swapon -s
> Filename Type Size Used
> Priority
> /swap file 262136 0 -3
> /swap2 file 131064 0 -4
>
> # free
> total used free shared buffers cached
> Mem: 127604 123508 4096 0 6220 54064
> -/+ buffers/cache: 63224 64380
> Swap: 393200 0 393200
>
>
>
> top - 09:34:18 up 30 min, 6 users, load average: 0.00, 0.09, 0.10
> Tasks: 60 total, 1 running, 59 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
> Cpu(s): 0.7% us, 0.7% sy, 0.0% ni, 98.7% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
> Mem: 127604k total, 123492k used, 4112k free, 6248k buffers
> Swap: 393200k total, 0k used, 393200k free, 54068k cached
>
> PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR SWAP S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
>
> 449 molotov 15 0 44428 24m 28m 18m S 0.0 19.7 0:17.62 galeon-bin
>
> 458 molotov 16 0 44428 24m 28m 18m S 0.0 19.7 0:00.00 galeon-bin
>
> 459 molotov 16 0 44428 24m 28m 18m S 0.0 19.7 0:00.02 galeon-bin
>
> 460 molotov 16 0 44428 24m 28m 18m S 0.0 19.7 0:00.00 galeon-bin
>
> 462 molotov 15 0 44428 24m 28m 18m S 0.0 19.7 0:00.05 galeon-bin
>
> 388 root 15 0 90404 21m 68m 66m S 0.3 17.4 0:19.33 XFree86
>
> 436 molotov 16 0 13456 7232 9428 6224 S 0.0 5.7 0:01.29 panel
>
> 391 molotov 16 0 8532 6272 4452 2260 S 0.0 4.9 0:02.97
> enlightenmen
> 435 molotov 15 0 8656 4072 7396 4584 S 0.3 3.2 0:03.20 gkrellm
>
> 443 molotov 16 0 9928 3824 9060 6104 S 0.0 3.0 0:00.37
> tasklist_app
> 445 molotov 15 0 9708 3504 8836 6204 S 0.3 2.7 0:01.71
> asclock_appl
> 454 molotov 16 0 4716 2088 3752 2628 S 0.0 1.6 0:00.16 gconfd-2
>
> 478 molotov 15 0 3208 1736 2660 1472 S 0.0 1.4 0:00.44 ssh
>
> 485 molotov 16 0 3124 1668 2588 1456 S 0.0 1.3 0:00.24 ssh
>
> 356 molotov 16 0 2804 1584 1932 1220 S 0.0 1.2 0:00.10 tcsh
>
>
>
>
> Example for 2.4.20:
>
> # uname -a
> Linux hork.localnet 2.4.20 #3 Sat Jun 21 17:40:29 PDT 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> # swapon -s
> Filename Type Size Used Priority
> /swap file 262136 0 5
> /swap2 file 131064 0 1
>
> # free
> total used free shared buffers cached
> Mem: 127952 123772 4180 0 10288 58624
> -/+ buffers/cache: 54860 73092
> Swap: 393200 0 393200
>
>
>
> top - 09:44:04 up 6 min, 5 users, load average: 0.01, 0.08, 0.05
> Tasks: 62 total, 1 running, 61 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
> Cpu(s): 1.3% user, 1.0% system, 0.0% nice, 97.7% idle
> Mem: 127952k total, 123904k used, 4048k free, 10360k buffers
> Swap: 393200k total, 0k used, 393200k free, 58628k cached
>
> PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR SWAP S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
>
> 436 molotov 9 0 20196 19m 13m 4 S 0.0 15.8 0:02.74 galeon-bin
>
> 445 molotov 9 0 20196 19m 13m 4 S 0.0 15.8 0:00.00 galeon-bin
>
> 446 molotov 9 0 20196 19m 13m 4 S 0.0 15.8 0:00.00 galeon-bin
>
> 447 molotov 9 0 20196 19m 13m 4 S 0.0 15.8 0:00.00 galeon-bin
>
> 448 molotov 9 0 20196 19m 13m 4 S 0.0 15.8 0:00.00 galeon-bin
>
> 449 molotov 9 0 20196 19m 13m 4 S 0.0 15.8 0:00.00 galeon-bin
>
> 346 root 19 0 84552 18m 1964 64m S 1.0 14.7 0:06.25 XFree86
>
> 394 molotov 10 0 7852 7852 3584 0 S 0.0 6.1 0:01.29 panel
>
> 349 molotov 11 0 6240 6240 2208 0 S 0.3 4.9 0:01.61
> enlightenmen
> 393 molotov 8 0 4564 4560 3364 4 S 0.0 3.6 0:01.34 gkrellm
>
> 401 molotov 9 0 4148 4148 3024 0 S 0.0 3.2 0:00.41
> tasklist_app
> 403 molotov 9 0 3872 3872 2808 0 S 0.0 3.0 0:00.23
> asclock_appl
> 441 molotov 9 0 2560 2556 1776 4 S 0.0 2.0 0:00.17 gconfd-2
>
> 412 molotov 10 0 1904 1900 1352 4 S 0.0 1.5 0:00.45 ssh
>
>
>
>
> -- System Information
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> Kernel Version: Linux hork.localnet 2.6.0-test9 #1 Sun Oct 26 00:50:16 PDT
> 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> Versions of the packages procps depends on:
> ii libc6 2.3.2-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
> ii libncurses5 5.3.20030510-2 Shared libraries for terminal handling
>
> --- Begin /etc/sysctl.conf (modified conffile)
> net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range = 60000 65000
> net/ipv4/ip_forward = 1
>
> --- End /etc/sysctl.conf
>
>
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