From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EA14A0517; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:14:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4FB12BF7; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:14:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-io1-f52.google.com (mail-io1-f52.google.com [209.85.166.52]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 335E32BF2 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:14:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-io1-f52.google.com with SMTP id p20so1493370iop.11 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 03:14:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=UgRvHny7XSLY9p99nfRH/6NfWiOLx4wy3zGPuV6dNtE=; b=HfOcUQIweaPOI9aiWhkWkuzoZYSfFm19snVRDPYepQE+pHV1ft1aQ3hfBH5sN327fQ k7mpKOASJyR2eGkVO120SHdkGB9L46Q/2z42QFEZc4fVYOxptvgmuMS+MpvZKAGs4by6 F7wzeR/LX0XjcZcxPRc3MMg3ls7JqMoZ9LvEyDbQjjPf5zo4xQJWarokwvZNTxUg35+3 amd971K7mUJrSo/Vsp1NCQxMausFshNDachzNbCkghdMVR8tDESAsglwNiuoUsbX8L4f aXqgB2XDA0+G2wJaHR+8e5WNkL5g3yrIA7WH+t2AMsgW7yv/OdiyQdjqRrkZK4p0qSVq wrtA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=UgRvHny7XSLY9p99nfRH/6NfWiOLx4wy3zGPuV6dNtE=; b=O5+PJrFWVeuIAQY+wfOYehPkUEN6dUgFN3tOG39GdCEIztRk4G/zkQmh+cEsaxfT6f 9Y2Wka7aS8slv4X+fvHZxnToeIjGtmqbnHfnUmoJq/ZZOTFkMAn28uEcs4ZGn3H79FSS 2uVv0NYOC8CuztWowt73zH7Z6gLQRS0ouCF9gSMCtBdVwwyIRvNe3W2BZsTLvdJPXwy/ YAPiownbUpCbjNKDss/BgbxF/qYs1asaFy4IUbLc9YLRjuk5rhGgN3WrqhXLPqx1QHeN jowmxoBEUv1oswGL1C/XXdK+IBm+Dw7UYXuu+T7EShdFXcOPMtFIfCk1GYkSY8m0AfBn 2oWA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532q6BAlCqxAlQQKU7y2SkO3JLiPGA636BjzHg4gX9+ih29sqj8w I856zqgTLJNnIYzgd/hvtXCFEUztHRF6yCH63YY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzL+meTGgqYaGuUFzBLbWKk/kDWF8FGypdDCO5PNm+R1kYbrIGzSxW5J1nreFWOVax4+FYZidI4miz/uIDJQb4= X-Received: by 2002:a02:998b:: with SMTP id a11mr2339241jal.117.1591784072492; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 03:14:32 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Francesco Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:14:21 +0200 Message-ID: To: "Burakov, Anatoly" Cc: dev@dpdk.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.15 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] very high VIRT memory usage X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Hi Anatoly Il giorno mer 10 giu 2020 alle ore 11:24 Burakov, Anatoly < anatoly.burakov@intel.com> ha scritto: > On 09-Jun-20 8:40 PM, Francesco wrote: > > Hi Anatoly, > > > > Thanks a lot for the detailed response! > > Good to know anyway there's a "fix" already done in 20.05... also > > because I'm not interested in supporting secondary processes or having > > shared memory... > > > > Looking forward for the backports in stable branches then! > > > > Thanks! > > Francesco > > > > Hi Francesco, > > Just to be clear - the "fix" i'm talking about is not about using less > memory - it's about not including this memory in core dumps. The memory > amounts used will stay the same (i.e. you'll still see the ~256GB used > each time you run DPDK). Ouch ok I see. My issue is that I have tools that look at the health of my server and will report this high VIRT memory usage as anomalous - I guess I will have to work around them some way. Thanks for the clarification Francesco