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How to identify which process is causing a high memory consumption?

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I am running a virtualized Arch Linux machine. From time to time, it shows a high memory consumption and I do not know the reason because basically, the machine is sitting idle. enter image description here # ps aux --sort=-%mem | awk 'NR<=10{print $0}' USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND mysql 2126635 0.0 1.2 646276 101188 ? Ssl 11:46 0:00 /usr/bin/mariadbd root 2126593 0.2 0.4 1724176 39152 ? Ssl 11:46 0:00 /usr/bin/containerd root 1 0.0 0.1 29268 14708 ? Ss 2023 58:46 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd --system --deserialize 74 root 2126601 0.0 0.1 25140 11180 ? Ss 11:46 0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journald root 2126182 0.1 0.0 235812 7720 ? Ssl 11:33 0:01 /usr/bin/vmtoolsd root 2126651 0.0 0.0 11224 4344 pts/1 R+ 11:51 0:00 ps aux --sort=-%mem root 268 0.0 0.0 33176 2792 ? Ss 2023 3:09 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd root 2123091 0.0 0.0 7892 2688 pts/1 Ss 11:05 0:00 -bash dhcpcd 344 0.0 0.0 23232 1760 ? S 2023 3:15 dhcpcd: [manager] [ip4] [ip6] After killing the **mariadb** and the **containerd** processes I get the following: !\[enter image description here # ps aux --sort=-%mem USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 2126816 1.0 0.6 2655100 53764 ? Ssl 12:13 2:44 /usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock root 2126786 0.0 0.2 1945884 23332 ? Ssl 12:05 0:10 /usr/bin/containerd mysql 2126768 1.8 0.2 659516 17500 ? Ssl 12:05 4:57 /usr/bin/mariadbd root 1 0.0 0.1 29268 10020 ? Ss 2023 58:48 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd --system --deserialize 74 root 2126601 0.0 0.1 33428 9828 ? Ss 11:46 0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journald root 2160091 0.1 0.1 12952 8988 ? Ss 16:33 0:00 sshd: root@pts/0 root 2126182 0.1 0.0 310920 5708 ? Ssl 11:33 0:18 /usr/bin/vmtoolsd root 2160093 0.0 0.0 7908 4680 pts/0 Ss 16:33 0:00 -bash root 2160287 0.0 0.0 11224 4360 pts/0 R+ 16:35 0:00 ps aux --sort=-%mem root 268 0.0 0.0 33176 3524 ? Ss 2023 3:10 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd dbus 338 0.0 0.0 9132 1612 ? Ss 2023 7:58 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-activation --syslog-only root 345 0.0 0.0 3372 1584 ? S 2023 1:50 dhcpcd: [privileged proxy] dhcpcd 344 0.0 0.0 23232 1564 ? S 2023 3:15 dhcpcd: [manager] [ip4] [ip6] root 375 0.0 0.0 11080 1548 ? Ss 2023 0:00 sshd: /usr/bin/sshd -D [listener] 0 of 10-100 startups root 340 0.0 0.0 25988 1180 ? Ss 2023 2:02 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind dhcpcd 347 0.0 0.0 3004 104 ? S 2023 0:00 dhcpcd: [control proxy] dhcpcd 346 0.0 0.0 3012 84 ? S 2023 0:00 dhcpcd: [network proxy] root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:05 [kthreadd] root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [rcu_gp] root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [rcu_par_gp] root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [slub_flushwq] root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [netns] root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [kworker/0:0H-events_highpri] root 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [mm_percpu_wq] root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 2023 0:00 [rcu_tasks_kthread] root 13 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 2023 0:00 [rcu_tasks_rude_kthread] root 14 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 2023 0:00 [rcu_tasks_trace_kthread] root 15 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 110:50 [ksoftirqd/0] root 16 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 2023 75:52 [rcu_preempt] root 17 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:06 [rcub/1] root 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:28 [migration/0] root 19 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [idle_inject/0] root 21 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [cpuhp/0] root 22 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [cpuhp/1] root 23 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [idle_inject/1] root 24 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:29 [migration/1] root 25 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 101:42 [ksoftirqd/1] root 28 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [kdevtmpfs] root 29 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [inet_frag_wq] root 30 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:35 [kauditd] root 32 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:10 [khungtaskd] root 34 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [oom_reaper] root 35 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:03 [writeback] root 36 0.2 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 588:57 [kcompactd0] root 37 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2023 0:00 [ksmd] root 38 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2023 28:35 [khugepaged] root 39 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [kintegrityd] root 40 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [kblockd] root 41 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [blkcg_punt_bio] root 42 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [tpm_dev_wq] root 43 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [ata_sff] root 44 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [edac-poller] root 45 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [devfreq_wq] root 46 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [watchdogd] root 48 0.2 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 507:29 [kworker/0:1H-kblockd] root 49 0.1 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 361:25 [kswapd0] root 56 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [kthrotld] root 61 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/24-pciehp] root 62 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/25-pciehp] root 63 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/26-pciehp] root 64 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/27-pciehp] root 65 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/28-pciehp] root 66 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/29-pciehp] root 67 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/30-pciehp] root 68 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/31-pciehp] root 69 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/32-pciehp] root 70 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/33-pciehp] root 71 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/34-pciehp] root 72 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/35-pciehp] root 73 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/36-pciehp] root 74 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/37-pciehp] root 75 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/38-pciehp] root 76 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/39-pciehp] root 77 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/40-pciehp] root 78 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/41-pciehp] root 79 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/42-pciehp] root 80 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/43-pciehp] root 81 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/44-pciehp] root 82 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/45-pciehp] root 83 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/46-pciehp] root 84 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/47-pciehp] root 85 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/48-pciehp] root 86 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/49-pciehp] root 87 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/50-pciehp] root 88 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/51-pciehp] root 89 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/52-pciehp] root 90 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/53-pciehp] root 91 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/54-pciehp] root 92 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [irq/55-pciehp] root 93 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [acpi_thermal_pm] root 94 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [xenbus_probe] root 95 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [mld] root 96 0.2 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 596:30 [kworker/1:1H-kblockd] root 97 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [ipv6_addrconf] root 102 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [kstrp] root 106 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [zswap1] root 107 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [zswap1] root 108 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [zswap-shrink] root 109 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [kworker/u129:0] root 148 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [charger_manager] root 181 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [scsi_eh_0] root 182 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [scsi_tmf_0] root 183 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [scsi_eh_1] root 184 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [scsi_tmf_1] root 185 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [cryptd] root 217 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 12:41 [jbd2/sda2-8] root 218 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [ext4-rsv-conver] root 303 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [jbd2/sda3-8] root 304 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [ext4-rsv-conver] root 317 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 5:50 [irq/16-vmwgfx] root 318 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [card0-crtc0] root 319 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [card0-crtc1] root 320 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [card0-crtc2] root 321 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [card0-crtc3] root 322 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [card0-crtc4] root 323 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [card0-crtc5] root 324 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [card0-crtc6] root 325 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2023 0:00 [card0-crtc7] root 333 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [nfit] root 365 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [cfg80211] root 378 0.0 0.0 5988 0 tty1 Ss+ 2023 0:00 /sbin/agetty -o -p -- \u --noclear - linux dhcpcd 379 0.0 0.0 3372 0 ? S 2023 0:00 dhcpcd: [BPF ARP] ens192 X.X.X.X root 510 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [dio/sda2] root 2524 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 2023 0:00 [tls-strp] root 1938527 0.5 0.0 0 0 ? I< ene17 6:21 [kworker/1:2H-kblockd] root 2124077 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:14 0:00 [psimon] root 2126602 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:46 0:00 [psimon] root 2127706 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 12:15 0:06 [kworker/0:4-events] root 2132781 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 12:35 0:01 [kworker/u128:0-events_unbound] root 2146784 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 14:08 0:04 [kworker/1:2-rcu_par_gp] root 2155973 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 15:49 0:01 [kworker/0:0-rcu_par_gp] root 2155990 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 15:49 0:00 [kworker/1:1-rcu_par_gp] root 2157900 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 16:07 0:00 [kworker/u128:2-events_power_efficient] root 2158776 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 16:18 0:00 [kworker/u128:3-zswap1] root 2160112 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 16:34 0:00 [kworker/0:1-rcu_par_gp] root 2160115 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 16:34 0:00 [kworker/0:2] root 2160116 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 16:34 0:00 [kworker/u128:1-events_unbound] root 2160117 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 16:34 0:00 [kworker/u128:4-writeback] root 2160151 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 16:34 0:00 [kworker/1:0-rcu_gp] root 2160195 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 16:34 0:00 [kworker/1:3-events] *free* output: # free -m total usado libre compartido búf/caché disponible Mem: 7931 6278 1183 0 768 1653 Inter: 20479 481 19998 # free -g total usado libre compartido búf/caché disponible Mem: 7 6 1 0 0 1 Inter: 19 0 19 Is there any way to free this memory? Thanks in advance for your answers.
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Jan 18, 2024, 11:02 AM
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