On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 09:51:41PM -0400, sven falempin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a script that mostly untar stuff on a vnd device.
> And i have the same problem with syspatch
>
> The program state gets into needbuf forever, ( the top state ).
>
> I'm trying to figure out what is happening,
> I have a feeling it may be an entropy exhaustion
> but it's just a guess.
You can't always trust feelings.
>
> vmstat -m goes near 100% usage quickly
> and swap/memory is like empty according to top.
>
> Is it possible to get out of `vmstat -m` logged memory,
> could it be a limit in login.conf that I reach without knowing ?
>
> Once the problem is present, I cannot do anything but reboot
> which does not help to understand what is going on.
>
> Please hAlp.
You fail to report almost all relevent information. So we cannot help.
-Otto
