On Sun, May 24, 2026 at 09:07:55PM -0400, Steve Shockley wrote:
> On 5/24/2026 10:22 AM, Lloyd wrote:
> > Steve Shockley wrote:
> >
> > > So, after trying a bunch of different memory sizes and adding swap it
> > > looks like 7.9 amd64 requires *minimum* 1.5 GB RAM to successfully run
> > > reorder_kernel.
> >
> > This simply isn't true, because I run 7.9 amd64 with 256 MB RAM and 512 MB
> > swap and reorder_kernel has yet to fail.
> Yes, you're right. I set up a test machine with 256 MB RAM with 7.8 and
> upgraded to 7.9 with nary a problem. I gave that machine 2 GB swap, I'm
> trying again with giving it 1.2 GB swap, which matches one of my "problem"
> machines.
>
When investigating this also include the value of sysctl vm.malloc_conf.
Using a non-default value can have large impact on memory usage.
-Otto
