Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:01:47 +0000 From: mustkaru <karu.pruun@googlemail.com> To: "Beech Rintoul" <beech@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_7: swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed Message-ID: <a05fd0ec0711120401v25396954wfb3705e4513af21a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47382470.3070001@FreeBSD.org> References: <a05fd0ec0711111204p6ea58851n81bb9457eecaba30@mail.gmail.com> <4737869B.7020105@FreeBSD.org> <a05fd0ec0711111533x2e5938ebx40121dd946fe2c04@mail.gmail.com> <200711120020.26076.beech@freebsd.org> <47382470.3070001@FreeBSD.org>
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On Nov 12, 2007 10:01 AM, Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Beech Rintoul wrote: > > On Sunday 11 November 2007, mustkaru said: > >> On Nov 11, 2007 10:47 PM, Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org> wrote: > >>> mustkaru wrote: > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> I updated to RELENG_7 two yesterday, and under usual load > >>>> started getting hundreds of messages > >>>> > >>>> swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed > >>>> > >>>> The system swap is 96% full; it is less than 20% usually under > >>>> the same load. The system started to kill off processes because > >>>> of lack of swap space: > >>>> > >>>> pid 52606 (thunderbird-bin), uid 1001, was killed: out of swap > >>>> space swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed > >>>> pid 13984 (evince), uid 1001, was killed: out of swap space > >>>> > >>>> I suppose there's no way to get back to the more stable BETA2 ? > >>>> When cvsuping, I noticed > >>>> > >>>> 52815 Nov 8 14:03 vm_page.c > >>>> > >>>> had been changed. Might it be related to that? Might a next > >>>> possible change in that get back a more stable swapper. . .? > >>> This means you ran out of swap space because applications were > >>> requesting more virtual memory than your system contains. This > >>> is an application issue, not a kernel issue. > >>> > >>> Kris > >> I hope so. It is weird though that I run exactly the same number of > >> applications every day; and I ran the same binary apps on an > >> earlier version of RELENG_7 (I updated system but not apps), but I > >> never ran out of swap space; in particular I have never used more > >> than .5 GB swap. This time, the system was using 1 GB swap. So I > >> suppose I should start hunting the guilty app. > > > > I'm seeing the exact same thing. I'm running -current from yesterday > > and this box is lightly loaded. I can't track it down to a specific > > process, but all of a sudden normal compiles are running me out of > > vm. This box has 500Mb ram and a gig of swap and has never run out of > > memory before. None of my applications have changed. I'm also > > starting to see it on a client's box I recently updated to 7.0, That > > box has 1Gb ram and 2Gb swap and is just a desktop and mailserver. > > I don't think this is application related. > > Then you have further investigation to do to prove that theory :) > > Kris > > I suspect it's tunderbird (version 2.0.0.6 (20071101)) and not the system. I admit I wasn't quite precise when saying Im using *all the same* apps. I realized this morning that after upgrading, I installed the above version of binary thunderbird package. The phenomenon is well reproducable: when Im running my normal set of apps, nothing happens. Then I start thunderbird, start downloading messages, and swap space hits the ceiling. Then the system kills off thunderbird. I can even start thunderbird alone and have the same effect. So I wonder if that's the same that you're seeing on your two machines? Must --
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