Hi, On 02.12.2010 04:15, sf...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: > Hello Oliver, > > Oliver Welter: >> As you can see here, a simple "du" on a directory nearly crahess the box: >> 29070 root 20 0 97.8m 680 524 R 98.1 0.0 0:11.45 du >> >> I read about a dirlist helper - might this solve the problem? Any hints ? > > If the kernel shows OOM message, then libau.so may help you. > - du issues many readdir(3) > - without libau.so, readdir in aufs consumes memory much > - with libau.so, memory is consumed much too. but it is done in > userspace.
I dont get OOM messages, I guess libau is the "readdir in userspace" option from the kernel config? As I am running aufs in vservers (kind of jail) - is it necessary to install the aufs-userspace helpers in every guest or is this all handled from the root context? Oliver -- Protect your environment - close windows and adopt a penguin! PGP-Key: 3B2C 8095 A7DF 8BB5 2CFF 8168 CAB7 B0DD 3985 1721
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