kernel leaking memory somewhere
elekktretterr at exemail.com.au
elekktretterr at exemail.com.au
Wed Dec 16 19:52:48 PST 2009
> A user process on a 32 bit system can allocate around 2GB of VM via
> mmap
> (which is what our malloc uses). The entire user address space is
> only 3G.
>
> You can run several stress programs in parallel but be careful not to
> exceed your configured swap space (well, physical memory + swap) or
> you will force the kernel to start killing processes. It will probably
> choose the memory stressors to kill but still, not a good idea on
Ah I see, I'll watch out for memory usage during high activity and if
anything i'll shoot another mail.
Thanks Matt
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