vm/swap used until exhausted - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Zane
Subject vm/swap used until exhausted
Date
Msg-id 200408240008.52558.Zane@mail4z.com
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Responses Re: vm/swap used until exhausted
Re: vm/swap used until exhausted
List pgsql-bugs
Different memory usage 7.4.3 vs 8.0.0beta1

client does:

begin
  bulk inserts into single table via PQexecParams (1.2 million records)
commit

under 7.4.3 memory usage is static
under 8.0.0beta1 server used increasing memory untill depletion of vm/swap

7.4.3
last pid:   974;  load averages:  1.44,  1.12,  0.68    up 0+00:24:08
19:05:08
65 processes:  3 running, 62 sleeping
CPU states: 88.0% user,  0.0% nice,  9.7% system,  2.3% interrupt,  0.0% idle
Mem: 96M Active, 16M Inact, 31M Wired, 7008K Cache, 28M Buf, 28M Free
Swap: 357M Total, 37M Used, 319M Free, 10% Inuse

  PID USERNAME PRI NICE   SIZE    RES STATE    TIME   WCPU    CPU COMMAND
  923 pgsql    115    0 16712K 11792K RUN      8:06 65.82% 65.82% postgres
  921 pgsql     96    0  2292K  1320K RUN      0:01  0.00%  0.00% top
  904 pgsql      4    0 16016K  1204K select   0:00  0.00%  0.00% postgres
  877 pgsql      8    0   916K     0K wait     0:00  0.00%  0.00% <sh>
  906 pgsql      4    0  6808K    12K select   0:00  0.00%  0.00% postgres
  905 pgsql      4    0  7764K    12K select   0:00  0.00%  0.00% postgres

8.0.0 beta1

last pid: 11448;  load averages:  1.00,  0.35,  0.23    up 0+04:57:28
23:38:28
64 processes:  2 running, 62 sleeping
CPU states: 77.0% user,  0.0% nice, 15.6% system,  7.4% interrupt,  0.0% idle
Mem: 115M Active, 15M Inact, 42M Wired, 7540K Cache, 28M Buf, 564K Free
Swap: 357M Total, 57M Used, 300M Free, 15% Inuse, 932K Out

  PID USERNAME PRI NICE   SIZE    RES STATE    TIME   WCPU    CPU COMMAND
11448 pgsql    130    0 83564K 78732K RUN      0:58 72.08% 70.56% postgres
11438 pgsql     96    0 13960K 10156K select   0:00  0.00%  0.00% postgres
11436 pgsql     96    0 13952K     0K select   0:00  0.00%  0.00% <postgres>
  877 pgsql      5    0   920K     0K ttyin    0:00  0.00%  0.00% <sh>
11440 pgsql      4    0  4552K     0K select   0:00  0.00%  0.00% <postgres>
11439 pgsql     96    0  5480K  2028K select   0:00  0.00%  0.00% postgres

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