RHEL6.5: "shrink_slab: shrink_dcache_memory+0x0/0x1e0 negative objects to delete" in messages
Issue
- The following message is reported by the dcache slab cache shrinker:
kernel: shrink_slab: shrink_dcache_memory+0x0/0x1e0 negative objects to delete nr=-74039506816
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
- very large values of
vfs_cache_pressuremay lead to this message
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