memstat shows many /lib/ld-2.1.3.so processes

["Thomas Gebhardt" <gebhardt@HRZ.Uni-Marburg.DE>]

Hi, 

there is an odd phenomenon on one of my potato systems. memstat
shows many ld replicas eating up the available memory. It seems
that each process running is accompanied by such a loader replica
resident in memory.

Any hints? Thanks, Thomas


# memstat
     40k: PID     1 (/lib/libc-2.1.3.so)
     60k: PID    77 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
    108k: PID   133 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
    428k: PID   135 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
    120k: PID   148 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
    120k: PID   149 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
    120k: PID   150 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
    120k: PID   151 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     52k: PID   186 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     52k: PID   244 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     52k: PID   252 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     52k: PID   263 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     52k: PID   272 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     52k: PID   281 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     52k: PID   290 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     52k: PID   299 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     28k: PID   308 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
    268k: PID   348 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
    284k: PID   356 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
   2404k: PID   359 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
    148k: PID   364 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     40k: PID   368 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     68k: PID   371 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
    244k: PID   374 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
  12412k: PID   381 (/dev/mem)
     36k: PID   384 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     36k: PID   385 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     36k: PID   386 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     36k: PID   387 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     36k: PID   388 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     36k: PID   389 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
    588k: PID   391 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
    436k: PID   406 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
    244k: PID   408 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     68k: PID   411 (/lib/ld-2.1.3.so)
     20k: /usr/sbin/inetd 308
    248k: /usr/sbin/ntpd 364
    308k: /usr/sbin/sendmail 348
     16k: /usr/sbin/atd 368
     36k: /usr/sbin/ypbind 148 149 150 151
     24k: /usr/sbin/cron 371
    200k: /usr/sbin/sshd 356 406
     20k: /usr/sbin/automount 186 244 252 263 272 281 290 299
4021632k: /dev/mem 381
   1456k: /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 381
      8k: /usr/lib/autofs/lookup_file.so 186 244 252 263 272 281 290 299
     12k: /usr/lib/autofs/parse_sun.so 186 244 252 263 272 281 290 299
      8k: /usr/lib/autofs/mount_nfs.so 186 244 252 263 272 281 290 299
    408k: /usr/X11R6/bin/xfs 359
      8k: /usr/bin/memstat 411
     76k: /usr/bin/kdm 374 391
     76k: /lib/ld-2.1.3.so 1 77 133 135 148 149 150 151 186 244 252 263 272 
...     864k: /lib/libc-2.1.3.so 1 77 133 135 148 149 150 151 186 244 252 263 
27...      20k: /lib/libcrypt-2.1.3.so 356 374 391 406
    232k: /lib/libdb-2.1.3.so 186 244 252 263 272 281 290 299 308 348 406
     12k: /lib/libdl-2.1.3.so 186 244 252 263 272 281 290 299 356 374 381 
39...     112k: /lib/libm-2.1.3.so 359 364 381 391
     40k: /lib/libnss_compat-2.1.3.so 406
     76k: /lib/libnsl-2.1.3.so 77 133 148 149 150 151 348 356 371 406 408
     68k: /lib/libpthread-0.8.so 148 149 150 151 364
    228k: /lib/libncurses.so.5.0 408
    444k: /bin/bash 408
     28k: /lib/libpam.so.0.72 356 374 391 406
     12k: /lib/security/pam_env.so 406
      8k: /lib/security/pam_mail.so 406
      4k: /lib/security/pam_warn.so 406
...