On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:10, Olly Betts <o...@survex.com> wrote: > I think this is probably the cause of upstream #358: > > http://trac.xapian.org/ticket/358
Yes, #358 is probably two bugs, this one and a memory leak. "evoisard" has omindex using 360 MB, which seems excessive, but shouldn't be a problem on his 1 GB machine. >> Debian bug 404528 decribes a similar bug in another package, and >> suggests using _SC_PHYS_PAGES instead of _SC_AVPHYS_PAGES. > > _SC_PHYS_PAGES isn't ideal as other processes might be using that > memory, but _SC_AVPHYS_PAGES clearly isn't suitable, and since this is > mostly a catch for filters spiralling out of control, it looks like > _SC_AVPHYS_PAGES is probably the best option, perhaps with a lower ratio > than 7/8. I agree. Or maybe even just a fixed limit of, say, 50 MB. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
