Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:46:45 +0200 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel killing processes when out of swap Message-ID: <86ll7ox7re.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <011a01c53f66$4035aa00$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> References: <200504121224.j3CCOFXL019177@marlena.vvi.at> <011a01c53f66$4035aa00$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk>
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"Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> writes: > Thanks for the feedback seems very strange that sshd was the first thing = the > kernel killed off; so unless it was actually at fault ( would be very str= ange ) > it would have been one of the smallest not largest processes. > The box has runs several 200M+ process and more 100M+ where > as sshd is usually 6M. > > So this leads me to the questions: > 1. Any know issues ssh which could make it eat memory? > 2. Is there possibly a bug with the "large process detection"? There is no "large process detection". The first process that tries to fault in a new page after the system runs out of swap gets killed. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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