Re: X server being killed a lot

[Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>]

> When I'm running a bulk build, the X server is a likely victim.
> 
> UVM: pid 28091.1 (X), uid 0 killed: out of swap
> 
> I'm not really sure why because I have lots of swap.
> 
> Swap: 148G Total, 27G Used, 121G Free

I also see the similar problem, on NetBSD/i386 8.0 with 8GB swap.

Jul 22 09:29:25 mirage /netbsd: UVM: pid 75.1 (Xorg), uid 0 killed: out of swap
Jul 22 22:43:04 mirage /netbsd: UVM: pid 75.1 (Xorg), uid 0 killed: out of swap
Jul 22 22:48:24 mirage /netbsd: UVM: pid 4999.1 (Xorg), uid 0 killed: out of swap
Jul 22 22:50:08 mirage /netbsd: UVM: pid 14199.1 (Xorg), uid 0 killed: out of swap
Jul 22 22:58:48 mirage /netbsd: UVM: pid 3339.1 (Xorg), uid 0 killed: out of swap
Jul 22 23:09:28 mirage /netbsd: UVM: pid 11407.1 (Xorg), uid 0 killed: out of swap
Jul 22 23:12:20 mirage /netbsd: UVM: pid 29705.1 (Xorg), uid 0 killed: out of swap
Jul 22 23:21:39 mirage /netbsd: UVM: pid 1100.1 (Xorg), uid 0 killed: out of swap

It seems easily reproducible by running firefox and makefs(8)
to create learge iso/ffs images.

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Izumi Tsutsui