linux-kernel - Re: [headache] 3.7.0-rc2 can't handle mutt (with 3.7G mail file) +FF (4 tabs) on a 4G memory+4 core system ?

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Message-ID: <CAJRGBZx7GOQCWqGg9DVztNwCxoU4B7V_vzhuDTNjCiXpx6o=xw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 8 Nov 2012 09:14:45 -0500
From:	Luming Yu <luming.yu@...il.com>
To:	Ortwin Glück <odi@....ch>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [headache] 3.7.0-rc2 can't handle mutt (with 3.7G mail file) +FF
 (4 tabs) on a 4G memory+4 core system ?

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Luming Yu <luming.yu@...il.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Ortwin Glück <odi@....ch> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 08.11.2012 14:28, Luming Yu wrote:
>>>
>>> As I just noticed that I couldn't quit from mutt due to tmpfs is full.
>>
>>
>> That's also pointing towards high memory pressure.
>
> watch "cat /proc/meminfo" just showed me the progress
> mutt  was creating a very large tmp file in /tmp/ until  "memfree" reached a
> watermark then failed with a message like " no space in /tmp"
>
> sounds like I can't use mutt if my mutt mail file is close to the
> physical memory
> I have when tmp-on-tmpfs is enabled..
>
> hmm....make sens? maybe we can't use tmp-on-tmpfs feature in f18
but why not having disk to backup tmpfs under memory pressure?
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