Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 07:39:56 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Don Wilde <dwilde1@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: swap space issues Message-ID: <CAJuc1zO1uyv0Uoo3AJL=ZCy9vD-nvaZUpSVR60z6bJyACrOenA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3afe4d2f-3b1e-a1c5-f947-5f57800317a6@gmail.com> References: <202007120628.06C6SfNB015907@sdf.org> <3afe4d2f-3b1e-a1c5-f947-5f57800317a6@gmail.com>
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On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 at 02:24, Don Wilde <dwilde1@gmail.com> wrote: > On 7/11/20 11:28 PM, Scott Bennett via freebsd-stable wrote: > > I have read this entire thread to date with growing dismay, and I > > thank Donald Wilde for reporting his ongoing troubles, although they > > spoil my hopes that the kernel's memory management bugs that first became > > apparent in 11.2-RELEASE (and -STABLE around the same time) were not > > propagated into 12.x. A recent update to stable/12 source tree made it > > finally possible for me to build 12.1-STABLE under 11.4-PRERELEASE, and I > > was just about to install the upgrade when this thread appeared. > Spoiler alert. Since I gave up on Synth, I haven't had a single swap > issue. It does appear to be one particular port that drove it nuts > (apparently, one of the 'Google performance' bits, with a > mismatched-brackets problem). I have rebuilt the machine several times, > but that's more for my sense of tidiness than anything. With synth you can reduce the number of workers to just "1" (ie: Number_of_builders=1), if you just want your ports-build to complete without any stress. However, one of the reasons why I use synth is _because_ of the stress it can place on my 12-STABLE snapshots. If the system is stable and performs well when under load, I feel just that bit more assured about using it in production environments. My 2 cents. -- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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