Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 06:59:40 -0800 (PST) From: elian@xs4all.nl To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/25062: uid0 processes get killed after getswapspace failed caused by normal user process Message-ID: <200102131459.f1DExeM17860@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 25062 >Category: kern >Synopsis: uid0 processes get killed after getswapspace failed caused by normal user process >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Feb 13 07:00:01 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Elian de Jager >Release: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE #0 >Organization: Recess Metro >Environment: FreeBSD recess.metro 4.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 2 12:22:00 CET 2001 eli@recess.metro:/usr/src/sys/compile/METRO i386 >Description: Several processes were killed apparently by running out of swapspace. The application used was "convert" from the "ImageMagick" package which we use for tiff>pdf translation. This process ran under normal uid. A summery from systctl -a: [...] machdep.msgbuf: swap_pager_getswapspace: failed swap_pager_getswapspace: failed (repeated several times} <3>pid 67939 (john), uid 1003, was killed: out of swap space swap_pager_getswapspace: failed <3>pid 69085 (top), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space swap_pager_getswapspace: failed <3>pid 173 (libhttpd.ep), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space swap_pager_getswapspace: failed <3>pid 93 (syslogd), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space swap_pager_getswapspace: failed <3>pid 75699 (convert), uid 1003, was killed: out of swap space swap_pager_getswapspace: failed (repeated several times} swap_pager_getswapspace: failed <3>pid 75766 (top), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space swap_pager_getswapspace: failed <3>pid 44146 (dnetc), uid 1005, was killed: out of swap space swap_pager_getswapspace: failed <3>pid 75771 (cron), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space <3>pid 75771 (cron), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space <3>pid 75770 (cron), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space <3>pid 75770 (cron), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space <3>pid 75770 (cron), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space <3>pid 75770 (cron), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space <3>pid 75769 (cron), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space <3>pid 75769 (cron), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space <3>pid 75770 (cron), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space <3>pid 75770 (cron), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space <3>pid 75770 (cron), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space <3>pid 75771 (cron), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space <3>pid 75765 (convert), uid 1003, was killed: out of swap space <3>pid 75771 (cron), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space swap_pager_getswapspace: failed swap_pager_getswapspace: failed [...] I dont know if this is normal behaviour under *BSD but I think it would be nicer to kill just that particular memory absorbing process instead of syslogd or any other process not run by that user [etc.] >How-To-Repeat: run the batch convert again >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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