Hello, today I retried a very simple test which I had done in the past with different versions of gnumach, hurd, tarballs from Markus, ..., but the same results.
In this test, I used the latest gnumach/hurd from the debian ftp server. The test is started by a simple shell command line. It runs some time - depending on your memory and swap size, until the hurd crashs. To reduce the time needed to crash, please reduce main memory and/or swap size. I tried to analyse the problem, but I need some advice to get it solved. Obviously, some program (most probably ext2fs.static) eats all memory. Do you - the other hurd users - get the same results? How can I get on with the analysis of this problem? Regards, Stefan Here is the test and its output. Because the total output is very long, I replaced large parts (without new information) by ... The first line was used to start the test. Please try it. hurd:~# while true; do ls /usr/include >/dev/null; vmstat --terse --no-header; done (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 14.3M 5.79M 7.28M 1.92M 38M 0 4.7M 2.2M 94043 14771 95% 31.8M (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 14.3M 5.8M 7.28M 1.92M 38.4M 0 4.7M 2.2M 94946 14887 95% 31.8M ... (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 14.3M 5.8M 7.29M 1.92M 40.5M 0 4.7M 2.21M 100413 15586 96% 31.8M bash: /usr/bin/vmstat: Computer bought the farm (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 14.2M 5.8M 7.3M 1.92M 41.1M 0 4.7M 2.23M 102097 15816 96% 31.8M ... (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 13.2M 6.86M 7.31M 1.93M 118M 0 4.7M 3.15M 300625 41334 98% 31.8M ... (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 12.9M 7.1M 7.32M 1.93M 137M 0 4.7M 3.37M 348231 47448 98% 31.8M bash: /usr/bin/vmstat: Computer bought the farm bash: /usr/bin/vmstat: Computer bought the farm (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 12.9M 7.11M 7.36M 1.93M 138M 0 4.7M 3.39M 350677 47791 98% 31.8M (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 12.9M 7.12M 7.36M 1.93M 138M 0 4.7M 3.39M 351591 47909 98% 31.8M (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 12.8M 7.11M 7.38M 1.93M 139M 0 4.7M 3.39M 352493 48023 98% 31.8M bash: /usr/bin/vmstat: Computer bought the farm (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 12.8M 7.13M 7.38M 1.93M 139M 0 4.7M 3.41M 354188 48257 98% 31.8M ... (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 12.2M 7.7M 7.37M 1.96M 181M 0 4.7M 3.89M 461344 62022 99% 31.8M bash: /usr/bin/vmstat: Computer bought the farm (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 12.2M 7.7M 7.43M 1.96M 181M 0 4.7M 3.89M 463005 62251 99% 31.8M ... (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 600K 8.46M 16.7M 3.47M 1.67G 4.5M 379M 29.4M 4410995 567808 99% 23.2M ... (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 608K 7.13M 14.3M 7.23M 2.96G 7.54M 2G 73.1M 7897012 1019419 98% 644K bash: /usr/bin/vmstat: Computer bought the farm (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 540K 7.14M 14.2M 7.36M 2.96G 7.54M 2G 73.6M 7899041 1019698 98% 156K (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 516K 7.12M 14.2M 7.42M 2.96G 7.54M 2G 73.9M 7900233 1019836 98% 0 (pagesize: 4K, size: 29.3M, swap size: 31.8M) 448K 7.09M 14.3M 7.43M 2.96G 7.54M 2G 74M 7901231 1019961 98% 0 (This was the last thing I heard from The Hurd).
