You can't build docker images or compile binaries? there's a
docker-compose.yml in the repo already if that helps.

If not I can try but I don't spend a lot of time with docker directly.

On Fri, 26 Aug 2022, Hayden wrote:

> I'd be happy to help validate the fix, but I can't do it until the weekend, 
> and I don't have a ready way to build an updated image. Any chance you could
> create a docker image with the fix that I could grab from somewhere?
>
> On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 10:38:54 AM UTC-7 Dormando wrote:
>       I have an opportunity to put this fix into a release today if anyone 
> wants
>       to help validate :)
>
>       On Thu, 25 Aug 2022, dormando wrote:
>
>       > Took another quick look...
>       >
>       > Think there's an easy patch that might work:
>       > https://github.com/memcached/memcached/pull/924
>       >
>       > If you wouldn't mind helping validate? An external validator would 
> help me
>       > get it in time for the next release :)
>       >
>       > Thanks,
>       > -Dormando
>       >
>       > On Wed, 24 Aug 2022, dormando wrote:
>       >
>       > > Hey,
>       > >
>       > > Thanks for the info. Yes; this generally confirms the issue. I see 
> some of
>       > > your higher slab classes with "free_chunks 0", so if you're setting 
> data
>       > > that requires these chunks it could error out. The "stats items" 
> confirms
>       > > this since there are no actual items in those lower slab classes.
>       > >
>       > > You're certainly right a workaround of making your items < 512k 
> would also
>       > > work; but in general if I have features it'd be nice if they worked 
> well
>       > > :) Please open an issue so we can improve things!
>       > >
>       > > I intended to lower the slab_chunk_max default from 512k to much 
> lower, as
>       > > that actually raises the memory efficiency by a bit (less gap at the
>       > > higher classes). That may help here. The system should also try 
> ejecting
>       > > items from the highest LRU... I need to double check that it wasn't
>       > > already intending to do that and failing.
>       > >
>       > > Might also be able to adjust the page mover but not sure. The page 
> mover
>       > > can probably be adjusted to attempt to keep one page in reserve, 
> but I
>       > > think the algorithm isn't expecting slabs with no items in it so 
> I'd have
>       > > to audit that too.
>       > >
>       > > If you're up for experiments it'd be interesting to know if setting
>       > > "-o slab_chunk_max=32768" or 16k (probably not more than 64) makes 
> things
>       > > better or worse.
>       > >
>       > > Also, crud.. it's documented as kilobytes but that's not working 
> somehow?
>       > > aaahahah. I guess the big EXPERIMENTAL tag scared people off since 
> that
>       > > never got reported.
>       > >
>       > > I'm guessing most people have a mix of small to large items, but 
> you only
>       > > have large items and a relatively low memory limit, so this is why 
> you're
>       > > seeing it so easily. I think most people setting large items have 
> like
>       > > 30G+ of memory so you end up with more spread around.
>       > >
>       > > Thanks,
>       > > -Dormando
>       > >
>       > > On Wed, 24 Aug 2022, Hayden wrote:
>       > >
>       > > > What you're saying makes sense, and I'm pretty sure it won't be 
> too hard to add some functionality to my writing code to break my large
>       items up into
>       > > > smaller parts that can each fit into a single chunk. That has the 
> added benefit that I won't have to bother increasing the max item
>       size.
>       > > > In the meantime, though, I reran my pipeline and captured the 
> output of stats, stats slabs, and stats items both when evicting normally
>       and when getting
>       > > > spammed with the error.
>       > > >
>       > > > First, the output when I'm in the error state:
>       > > > **** Output of stats
>       > > > STAT pid 1
>       > > > STAT uptime 11727
>       > > > STAT time 1661406229
>       > > > STAT version b'1.6.14'
>       > > > STAT libevent b'2.1.8-stable'
>       > > > STAT pointer_size 64
>       > > > STAT rusage_user 2.93837
>       > > > STAT rusage_system 6.339015
>       > > > STAT max_connections 1024
>       > > > STAT curr_connections 2
>       > > > STAT total_connections 8230
>       > > > STAT rejected_connections 0
>       > > > STAT connection_structures 6
>       > > > STAT response_obj_oom 0
>       > > > STAT response_obj_count 1
>       > > > STAT response_obj_bytes 65536
>       > > > STAT read_buf_count 8
>       > > > STAT read_buf_bytes 131072
>       > > > STAT read_buf_bytes_free 49152
>       > > > STAT read_buf_oom 0
>       > > > STAT reserved_fds 20
>       > > > STAT cmd_get 0
>       > > > STAT cmd_set 12640
>       > > > STAT cmd_flush 0
>       > > > STAT cmd_touch 0
>       > > > STAT cmd_meta 0
>       > > > STAT get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT get_misses 0
>       > > > STAT get_expired 0
>       > > > STAT get_flushed 0
>       > > > STAT delete_misses 0
>       > > > STAT delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT incr_misses 0
>       > > > STAT incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT decr_misses 0
>       > > > STAT decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT cas_misses 0
>       > > > STAT cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT touch_misses 0
>       > > > STAT store_too_large 0
>       > > > STAT store_no_memory 0
>       > > > STAT auth_cmds 0
>       > > > STAT auth_errors 0
>       > > > STAT bytes_read 21755739959
>       > > > STAT bytes_written 330909
>       > > > STAT limit_maxbytes 5368709120
>       > > > STAT accepting_conns 1
>       > > > STAT listen_disabled_num 0
>       > > > STAT time_in_listen_disabled_us 0
>       > > > STAT threads 4
>       > > > STAT conn_yields 0
>       > > > STAT hash_power_level 16
>       > > > STAT hash_bytes 524288
>       > > > STAT hash_is_expanding False
>       > > > STAT slab_reassign_rescues 0
>       > > > STAT slab_reassign_chunk_rescues 0
>       > > > STAT slab_reassign_evictions_nomem 0
>       > > > STAT slab_reassign_inline_reclaim 0
>       > > > STAT slab_reassign_busy_items 0
>       > > > STAT slab_reassign_busy_deletes 0
>       > > > STAT slab_reassign_running False
>       > > > STAT slabs_moved 0
>       > > > STAT lru_crawler_running 0
>       > > > STAT lru_crawler_starts 20
>       > > > STAT lru_maintainer_juggles 71777
>       > > > STAT malloc_fails 0
>       > > > STAT log_worker_dropped 0
>       > > > STAT log_worker_written 0
>       > > > STAT log_watcher_skipped 0
>       > > > STAT log_watcher_sent 0
>       > > > STAT log_watchers 0
>       > > > STAT unexpected_napi_ids 0
>       > > > STAT round_robin_fallback 0
>       > > > STAT bytes 5241499325
>       > > > STAT curr_items 4211
>       > > > STAT total_items 12640
>       > > > STAT slab_global_page_pool 0
>       > > > STAT expired_unfetched 0
>       > > > STAT evicted_unfetched 8429
>       > > > STAT evicted_active 0
>       > > > STAT evictions 8429
>       > > > STAT reclaimed 0
>       > > > STAT crawler_reclaimed 0
>       > > > STAT crawler_items_checked 4212
>       > > > STAT lrutail_reflocked 0
>       > > > STAT moves_to_cold 11872
>       > > > STAT moves_to_warm 0
>       > > > STAT moves_within_lru 0
>       > > > STAT direct_reclaims 55559
>       > > > STAT lru_bumps_dropped 0
>       > > > END
>       > > > **** Output of stats slabs
>       > > > STAT 2:chunk_size 120
>       > > > STAT 2:chunks_per_page 8738
>       > > > STAT 2:total_pages 1
>       > > > STAT 2:total_chunks 8738
>       > > > STAT 2:used_chunks 4211
>       > > > STAT 2:free_chunks 4527
>       > > > STAT 2:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 2:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 2:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 2:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 2:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 2:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 2:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 2:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 2:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 30:chunk_size 66232
>       > > > STAT 30:chunks_per_page 15
>       > > > STAT 30:total_pages 1
>       > > > STAT 30:total_chunks 15
>       > > > STAT 30:used_chunks 3
>       > > > STAT 30:free_chunks 12
>       > > > STAT 30:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 30:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 30:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 30:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 30:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 30:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 30:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 30:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 30:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 31:chunk_size 82792
>       > > > STAT 31:chunks_per_page 12
>       > > > STAT 31:total_pages 1
>       > > > STAT 31:total_chunks 12
>       > > > STAT 31:used_chunks 6
>       > > > STAT 31:free_chunks 6
>       > > > STAT 31:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 31:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 31:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 31:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 31:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 31:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 31:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 31:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 31:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 32:chunk_size 103496
>       > > > STAT 32:chunks_per_page 10
>       > > > STAT 32:total_pages 19
>       > > > STAT 32:total_chunks 190
>       > > > STAT 32:used_chunks 183
>       > > > STAT 32:free_chunks 7
>       > > > STAT 32:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 32:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 32:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 32:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 32:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 32:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 32:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 32:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 32:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 33:chunk_size 129376
>       > > > STAT 33:chunks_per_page 8
>       > > > STAT 33:total_pages 50
>       > > > STAT 33:total_chunks 400
>       > > > STAT 33:used_chunks 393
>       > > > STAT 33:free_chunks 7
>       > > > STAT 33:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 33:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 33:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 33:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 33:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 33:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 33:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 33:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 33:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 34:chunk_size 161720
>       > > > STAT 34:chunks_per_page 6
>       > > > STAT 34:total_pages 41
>       > > > STAT 34:total_chunks 246
>       > > > STAT 34:used_chunks 245
>       > > > STAT 34:free_chunks 1
>       > > > STAT 34:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 34:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 34:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 34:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 34:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 34:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 34:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 34:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 34:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 35:chunk_size 202152
>       > > > STAT 35:chunks_per_page 5
>       > > > STAT 35:total_pages 231
>       > > > STAT 35:total_chunks 1155
>       > > > STAT 35:used_chunks 1155
>       > > > STAT 35:free_chunks 0
>       > > > STAT 35:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 35:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 35:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 35:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 35:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 35:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 35:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 35:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 35:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 36:chunk_size 252696
>       > > > STAT 36:chunks_per_page 4
>       > > > STAT 36:total_pages 536
>       > > > STAT 36:total_chunks 2144
>       > > > STAT 36:used_chunks 2144
>       > > > STAT 36:free_chunks 0
>       > > > STAT 36:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 36:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 36:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 36:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 36:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 36:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 36:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 36:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 36:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 37:chunk_size 315872
>       > > > STAT 37:chunks_per_page 3
>       > > > STAT 37:total_pages 28
>       > > > STAT 37:total_chunks 84
>       > > > STAT 37:used_chunks 82
>       > > > STAT 37:free_chunks 2
>       > > > STAT 37:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 37:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 37:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 37:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 37:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 37:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 37:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 37:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 37:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 39:chunk_size 524288
>       > > > STAT 39:chunks_per_page 2
>       > > > STAT 39:total_pages 4212
>       > > > STAT 39:total_chunks 8424
>       > > > STAT 39:used_chunks 8422
>       > > > STAT 39:free_chunks 2
>       > > > STAT 39:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 39:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 39:cmd_set 12640
>       > > > STAT 39:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 39:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 39:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 39:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 39:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 39:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT active_slabs 10
>       > > > STAT total_malloced 5368709120
>       > > > END
>       > > > **** Output of stats items
>       > > > STAT items:39:number 4211
>       > > > STAT items:39:number_hot 768
>       > > > STAT items:39:number_warm 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:number_cold 3443
>       > > > STAT items:39:age_hot 28
>       > > > STAT items:39:age_warm 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:age 143
>       > > > STAT items:39:mem_requested 5241499325
>       > > > STAT items:39:evicted 8429
>       > > > STAT items:39:evicted_nonzero 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:evicted_time 140
>       > > > STAT items:39:outofmemory 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:tailrepairs 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:reclaimed 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:expired_unfetched 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:evicted_unfetched 8429
>       > > > STAT items:39:evicted_active 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:crawler_reclaimed 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:crawler_items_checked 4212
>       > > > STAT items:39:lrutail_reflocked 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:moves_to_cold 11872
>       > > > STAT items:39:moves_to_warm 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:moves_within_lru 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:direct_reclaims 8429
>       > > > STAT items:39:hits_to_hot 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:hits_to_warm 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:hits_to_cold 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:hits_to_temp 0
>       > > > END
>       > > >
>       > > > Then, the output when it's humming along happily again:
>       > > > **** Output of stats
>       > > > STAT pid 1
>       > > > STAT uptime 11754
>       > > > STAT time 1661406256
>       > > > STAT version b'1.6.14'
>       > > > STAT libevent b'2.1.8-stable'
>       > > > STAT pointer_size 64
>       > > > STAT rusage_user 3.056135
>       > > > STAT rusage_system 7.074541
>       > > > STAT max_connections 1024
>       > > > STAT curr_connections 3
>       > > > STAT total_connections 10150
>       > > > STAT rejected_connections 0
>       > > > STAT connection_structures 6
>       > > > STAT response_obj_oom 0
>       > > > STAT response_obj_count 1
>       > > > STAT response_obj_bytes 65536
>       > > > STAT read_buf_count 8
>       > > > STAT read_buf_bytes 131072
>       > > > STAT read_buf_bytes_free 49152
>       > > > STAT read_buf_oom 0
>       > > > STAT reserved_fds 20
>       > > > STAT cmd_get 0
>       > > > STAT cmd_set 12794
>       > > > STAT cmd_flush 0
>       > > > STAT cmd_touch 0
>       > > > STAT cmd_meta 0
>       > > > STAT get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT get_misses 0
>       > > > STAT get_expired 0
>       > > > STAT get_flushed 0
>       > > > STAT delete_misses 0
>       > > > STAT delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT incr_misses 0
>       > > > STAT incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT decr_misses 0
>       > > > STAT decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT cas_misses 0
>       > > > STAT cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT touch_misses 0
>       > > > STAT store_too_large 0
>       > > > STAT store_no_memory 0
>       > > > STAT auth_cmds 0
>       > > > STAT auth_errors 0
>       > > > STAT bytes_read 24375641173
>       > > > STAT bytes_written 415262
>       > > > STAT limit_maxbytes 5368709120
>       > > > STAT accepting_conns 1
>       > > > STAT listen_disabled_num 0
>       > > > STAT time_in_listen_disabled_us 0
>       > > > STAT threads 4
>       > > > STAT conn_yields 0
>       > > > STAT hash_power_level 16
>       > > > STAT hash_bytes 524288
>       > > > STAT hash_is_expanding False
>       > > > STAT slab_reassign_rescues 0
>       > > > STAT slab_reassign_chunk_rescues 0
>       > > > STAT slab_reassign_evictions_nomem 0
>       > > > STAT slab_reassign_inline_reclaim 0
>       > > > STAT slab_reassign_busy_items 0
>       > > > STAT slab_reassign_busy_deletes 0
>       > > > STAT slab_reassign_running False
>       > > > STAT slabs_moved 0
>       > > > STAT lru_crawler_running 0
>       > > > STAT lru_crawler_starts 20
>       > > > STAT lru_maintainer_juggles 71952
>       > > > STAT malloc_fails 0
>       > > > STAT log_worker_dropped 0
>       > > > STAT log_worker_written 0
>       > > > STAT log_watcher_skipped 0
>       > > > STAT log_watcher_sent 0
>       > > > STAT log_watchers 0
>       > > > STAT unexpected_napi_ids 0
>       > > > STAT round_robin_fallback 0
>       > > > STAT bytes 5242957328
>       > > > STAT curr_items 4212
>       > > > STAT total_items 12794
>       > > > STAT slab_global_page_pool 0
>       > > > STAT expired_unfetched 0
>       > > > STAT evicted_unfetched 8582
>       > > > STAT evicted_active 0
>       > > > STAT evictions 8582
>       > > > STAT reclaimed 0
>       > > > STAT crawler_reclaimed 0
>       > > > STAT crawler_items_checked 4212
>       > > > STAT lrutail_reflocked 0
>       > > > STAT moves_to_cold 12533
>       > > > STAT moves_to_warm 0
>       > > > STAT moves_within_lru 0
>       > > > STAT direct_reclaims 74822
>       > > > STAT lru_bumps_dropped 0
>       > > > END
>       > > > **** Output of stats slabs
>       > > > STAT 2:chunk_size 120
>       > > > STAT 2:chunks_per_page 8738
>       > > > STAT 2:total_pages 1
>       > > > STAT 2:total_chunks 8738
>       > > > STAT 2:used_chunks 4212
>       > > > STAT 2:free_chunks 4526
>       > > > STAT 2:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 2:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 2:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 2:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 2:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 2:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 2:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 2:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 2:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 30:chunk_size 66232
>       > > > STAT 30:chunks_per_page 15
>       > > > STAT 30:total_pages 1
>       > > > STAT 30:total_chunks 15
>       > > > STAT 30:used_chunks 3
>       > > > STAT 30:free_chunks 12
>       > > > STAT 30:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 30:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 30:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 30:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 30:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 30:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 30:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 30:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 30:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 31:chunk_size 82792
>       > > > STAT 31:chunks_per_page 12
>       > > > STAT 31:total_pages 1
>       > > > STAT 31:total_chunks 12
>       > > > STAT 31:used_chunks 6
>       > > > STAT 31:free_chunks 6
>       > > > STAT 31:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 31:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 31:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 31:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 31:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 31:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 31:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 31:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 31:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 32:chunk_size 103496
>       > > > STAT 32:chunks_per_page 10
>       > > > STAT 32:total_pages 19
>       > > > STAT 32:total_chunks 190
>       > > > STAT 32:used_chunks 183
>       > > > STAT 32:free_chunks 7
>       > > > STAT 32:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 32:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 32:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 32:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 32:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 32:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 32:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 32:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 32:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 33:chunk_size 129376
>       > > > STAT 33:chunks_per_page 8
>       > > > STAT 33:total_pages 50
>       > > > STAT 33:total_chunks 400
>       > > > STAT 33:used_chunks 391
>       > > > STAT 33:free_chunks 9
>       > > > STAT 33:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 33:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 33:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 33:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 33:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 33:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 33:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 33:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 33:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 34:chunk_size 161720
>       > > > STAT 34:chunks_per_page 6
>       > > > STAT 34:total_pages 41
>       > > > STAT 34:total_chunks 246
>       > > > STAT 34:used_chunks 246
>       > > > STAT 34:free_chunks 0
>       > > > STAT 34:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 34:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 34:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 34:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 34:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 34:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 34:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 34:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 34:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 35:chunk_size 202152
>       > > > STAT 35:chunks_per_page 5
>       > > > STAT 35:total_pages 231
>       > > > STAT 35:total_chunks 1155
>       > > > STAT 35:used_chunks 1155
>       > > > STAT 35:free_chunks 0
>       > > > STAT 35:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 35:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 35:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 35:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 35:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 35:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 35:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 35:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 35:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 36:chunk_size 252696
>       > > > STAT 36:chunks_per_page 4
>       > > > STAT 36:total_pages 536
>       > > > STAT 36:total_chunks 2144
>       > > > STAT 36:used_chunks 2144
>       > > > STAT 36:free_chunks 0
>       > > > STAT 36:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 36:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 36:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 36:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 36:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 36:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 36:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 36:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 36:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 37:chunk_size 315872
>       > > > STAT 37:chunks_per_page 3
>       > > > STAT 37:total_pages 28
>       > > > STAT 37:total_chunks 84
>       > > > STAT 37:used_chunks 84
>       > > > STAT 37:free_chunks 0
>       > > > STAT 37:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 37:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 37:cmd_set 0
>       > > > STAT 37:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 37:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 37:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 37:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 37:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 37:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 39:chunk_size 524288
>       > > > STAT 39:chunks_per_page 2
>       > > > STAT 39:total_pages 4212
>       > > > STAT 39:total_chunks 8424
>       > > > STAT 39:used_chunks 8424
>       > > > STAT 39:free_chunks 0
>       > > > STAT 39:free_chunks_end 0
>       > > > STAT 39:get_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 39:cmd_set 12794
>       > > > STAT 39:delete_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 39:incr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 39:decr_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 39:cas_hits 0
>       > > > STAT 39:cas_badval 0
>       > > > STAT 39:touch_hits 0
>       > > > STAT active_slabs 10
>       > > > STAT total_malloced 5368709120
>       > > > END
>       > > > **** Output of stats items
>       > > > STAT items:39:number 4212
>       > > > STAT items:39:number_hot 261
>       > > > STAT items:39:number_warm 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:number_cold 3951
>       > > > STAT items:39:age_hot 33
>       > > > STAT items:39:age_warm 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:age 165
>       > > > STAT items:39:mem_requested 5242957328
>       > > > STAT items:39:evicted 8582
>       > > > STAT items:39:evicted_nonzero 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:evicted_time 165
>       > > > STAT items:39:outofmemory 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:tailrepairs 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:reclaimed 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:expired_unfetched 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:evicted_unfetched 8582
>       > > > STAT items:39:evicted_active 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:crawler_reclaimed 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:crawler_items_checked 4212
>       > > > STAT items:39:lrutail_reflocked 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:moves_to_cold 12533
>       > > > STAT items:39:moves_to_warm 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:moves_within_lru 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:direct_reclaims 8582
>       > > > STAT items:39:hits_to_hot 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:hits_to_warm 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:hits_to_cold 0
>       > > > STAT items:39:hits_to_temp 0
>       > > > END
>       > > >
>       > > > I'm happy to open an issue on GitHub if the stats confirm there 
> actually is something in the code that could be fixed. You can decide
>       then how much
>       > > > effort it's worth to fix it. If my workaround idea works, though, 
> I'll just put it in place and move on to the next thing. ;-)
>       > > > On Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 7:01:33 PM UTC-7 Dormando wrote:
>       > > > To put a little more internal detail on this:
>       > > >
>       > > > - As a SET is being processed item chunks must be made available
>       > > > - If it is chunked memory, it will be fetching these data chunks 
> from
>       > > > across different slab classes (ie: 512k + 512k + sized enough for
>       > > > whatever's left over)
>       > > > - That full chunked item gets put in the largest slab class
>       > > > - If another SET comes along and it needs 512k + 512k + an 8k, it 
> has to
>       > > > look into the 8k slab class for an item to evict.
>       > > > - Except there's no memory in the 8k class: it's all actually in 
> the
>       > > > largest class.
>       > > > - So there's nothing to evict to free up memory
>       > > > - So you get an error.
>       > > > - The slab page mover can make this worse by not leaving enough 
> reserved
>       > > > memory in the lower slab classes.
>       > > >
>       > > > I wasn't sure how often this would happen in practice and fixed a 
> few edge
>       > > > cases in the past. Though I always figured I would've revisited 
> it years
>       > > > ago, so sorry about the trouble.
>       > > >
>       > > > There are a few tuning options:
>       > > > 1) more memory, lol.
>       > > > 2) you can override slab_chunk_max to be much lower (like 8k or 
> 16k),
>       > > > which will make a lot more chunks but you won't realistically 
> notice a
>       > > > performance difference. This can reduce the number of total slab 
> classes,
>       > > > making it easier for more "end cap" memory to be found.
>       > > > 3) delete items as you use them so it doesn't have to evict. not 
> the best
>       > > > option.
>       > > >
>       > > > There're code fixes I can try but I need to see what the exact 
> symptom is
>       > > > first, which is why I ask for the stats stuff.
>       > > >
>       > > > On Wed, 24 Aug 2022, dormando wrote:
>       > > >
>       > > > > Hey,
>       > > > >
>       > > > > You're probably hitting an edge case in the "large item 
> support".
>       > > > >
>       > > > > Basically to store values > 512k memcached internally splits 
> them up into
>       > > > > chunks. When storing items memcached first allocates the item 
> storage,
>       > > > > then reads data from the client socket directly into the data 
> storage.
>       > > > >
>       > > > > For chunked items it will be allocating chunks of memory as it 
> reads from
>       > > > > the socket, which can lead to that (thankfully very specific) 
> "during
>       > > > > read" error. I've long suspected some edge cases but haven't 
> revisited
>       > > > > that code in ... a very long time.
>       > > > >
>       > > > > If you can grab snapshots of "stats items" and "stats slabs" 
> when it's
>       > > > > both evicting normally and when it's giving you errors, I might 
> be able to
>       > > > > figure out what's causing it to bottom out and see if there's 
> some tuning
>       > > > > to do. Normal "stats" output is also helpful.
>       > > > >
>       > > > > It kind of smells like some slab classes are running low on 
> memory
>       > > > > sometimes, and the items in them are being read for a long 
> time... but we
>       > > > > have to see the data to be sure.
>       > > > >
>       > > > > If you're feeling brave you can try building the current "next" 
> branch
>       > > > > from github and try it out, as some fixes to the page mover 
> went in there.
>       > > > > Those fixes may have caused too much memory to be moved away 
> from a slab
>       > > > > class sometimes.
>       > > > >
>       > > > > Feel free to open an issue on github to track this if you'd 
> like.
>       > > > >
>       > > > > have fun,
>       > > > > -Dormando
>       > > > >
>       > > > > On Wed, 24 Aug 2022, Hayden wrote:
>       > > > >
>       > > > > > Hello,
>       > > > > > I'm trying to use memcached for a use case I don't think is 
> outlandish, but it's not behaving the way I expect. I
>       > > > > > wanted to sanity check what I'm doing to see if it should be 
> working but there's maybe something I've done wrong
>       > > > > > with my configuration, or if my idea of how it's supposed to 
> work is wrong, or if there's a problem with
>       > > > > > memcached itself.
>       > > > > >
>       > > > > > I'm using memcached as a temporary shared image store in a 
> distributed video processing application. At the front
>       > > > > > of the pipeline is a process (actually all these processes 
> are pods in a kubernetes cluster, if it matters, and
>       > > > > > memcached is running in the cluster as well) that consumes a 
> video stream over RTSP, saves each frame to
>       > > > > > memcached, and outputs events to a message bus (kafka) with 
> metadata about each frame. At the end of the pipeline
>       > > > > > is another process that consumes these metadata events, and 
> when it sees events it thinks are interesting it
>       > > > > > retrieves the corresponding frame from memcached and adds the 
> frame to a web UI. The video is typically 30fps, so
>       > > > > > there are about 30 set() operations each second, and since 
> each value is effectively an image the values are a
>       > > > > > bit big (around 1MB... I upped the maximum value size in 
> memcached to 2MB to make sure they'd fit, and I haven't
>       > > > > > had any problems with my writes being rejected because of 
> size).
>       > > > > >
>       > > > > > The video stream is processed in real-time, and effectively 
> infinite, but the memory available to memcached
>       > > > > > obviously isn't (I've configured it to use 5GB, FWIW). That's 
> OK, because the cache is only supposed to be
>       > > > > > temporary storage. My expectation is that once the available 
> memory is filled up (which takes a few minutes),
>       > > > > > then roughly speaking for every new frame added to memcached 
> another entry (ostensibly the oldest one) will be
>       > > > > > evicted. If the consuming process at the end of the pipeline 
> doesn't get to a frame it wants before it gets
>       > > > > > evicted that's OK.
>       > > > > >
>       > > > > > That's not what I'm seeing, though, or at least that's not 
> all that I'm seeing. There are lots of evictions
>       > > > > > happening, but the process that's writing to memcached also 
> goes through periods where every set() operation is
>       > > > > > rejected with an "Out of memory during read" error. It seems 
> to happen in bursts where for several seconds every
>       > > > > > write encounters the error, then for several seconds the 
> set() calls work just fine (and presumably other keys
>       > > > > > are being evicted), then the cycle repeats. It goes on this 
> way for as long as I let the process run.
>       > > > > >
>       > > > > > I'm using memcached v1.6.14, installed into my k8s cluster 
> using the bitnami helm chart v6.0.5. My reading and
>       > > > > > writing applications are both using pymemcache v3.5.2 for 
> their access.
>       > > > > >
>       > > > > > Can anyone tell me if it seems like what I'm doing should 
> work the way I described, and where I should try
>       > > > > > investigating to see what's going wrong? Or alternatively, 
> why what I'm trying to do shouldn't work the way I
>       > > > > > expected it to, so I can figure out how to make my 
> applications behave differently?
>       > > > > >
>       > > > > > Thanks,
>       > > > > > Hayden
>       > > > > >
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