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Bug#931111: linux-image-4.9.0-9: Memory "leak" caused by CGroup as used by pam_systemd



On Tue, 2019-07-23 at 15:56 +0200, Philipp Hahn wrote:
[...]
> - when the job / session terminates, the directory is deleted by
> pam_systemd.
> 
> - but the Linux kernel still uses the CGroup to track kernel internal
> memory (SLAB objects, pending cache pages, ...?)
> 
> - inside the kernel the CGroup is marked as "dying", but it is only
> garbage collected very later on
[...]
> I do not know who is at fault here, if it is
> - the Linux kernel for not freeing those resources earlier
> - systemd for using CGs in a broken way
> - someone others fault.
[...]

I would say this is a kernel bug.  I think it's the same problem that
this patch series is trying to solve:
https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/20190611231813.3148843-1-guro@fb.com/

Does the description there seem to match what you're seeing?

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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