Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:33:58 +0000 From: mustkaru <karu.pruun@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_7: swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed Message-ID: <a05fd0ec0711111533x2e5938ebx40121dd946fe2c04@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4737869B.7020105@FreeBSD.org> References: <a05fd0ec0711111204p6ea58851n81bb9457eecaba30@mail.gmail.com> <4737869B.7020105@FreeBSD.org>
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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. Must --
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