[Bugme-new] [Bug 4377] New: Severe memory leak issue

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http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4377

           Summary: Severe memory leak issue
    Kernel Version: >= 2.6.10
            Status: NEW
          Severity: high
             Owner: akpm at digeo.com
         Submitter: payphoneed at gmail.com


Distribution: SuSE Linux 9.1
Hardware Environment: Toshiba Satellite A25-S207 Laptop (All stock)
Software Environment: SuSE Linux 9.1 with custom compiled kernel(s) from kernel.org
Problem Description: After about 5 days with a kernel >= 2.6.10, memory runs out
completely and the OOM killer begins killing every single process. Leading up to
it memory begins to dwindle down, a calculation at about 4 days time showed
331MB of memory unaccounted for. Fixing the problem requires nothing other than
a cold boot; a warm reboot DOES NOT clear the "missing" RAM, and the cs probe
fails due to not having any free RAM and I get "IRQ11: nobody cared!" Kernels <=
2.6.9 do not exhibit this issue.

Steps to reproduce: Get my computer, compile a kernel >= 2.6.10 and run it.

This is my first bug report, so be kind and inform me of any extra information
which would be of assistance in solving this issue.

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