Kernel memory leak with x11/nvidia-driver

[Eric van Gyzen]

On 02/ 3/16 10:54 AM, Eric van Gyzen wrote:
> I just set up a new desktop running head with x11/nvidia-driver.  I've
> discovered a memory leak where pages disappear from the queues, never to
> return.  Specifically, the total of
>      v_active_count
>      v_inactive_count
>      v_wire_count
>      v_cache_count
>      v_free_count
> drops, eventually becoming /much/ less than v_page_count.  After leaving
> xscreensaver running overnight, cycling the saver every 10 minutes, the
> system was unusable, because it only had a few MB of memory.  (It has 8
> GB physical.)

In case anyone is curious, /usr/local/bin/xscreensaver-hacks/glmatrix 
triggers a fairly fast leak--around 600 pages per second.

Eric