Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 12:09:08 -0600 From: Dustin Wenz <dustinwenz@ebureau.com> To: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bhyve uses all available memory during IO-intensive operations Message-ID: <22BC8832-924A-480B-A9A0-DB717D37BF08@ebureau.com> In-Reply-To: <a7a196a0-993d-20a4-46be-c617d145f6bb@freebsd.org> References: <F4E35CB9-30F9-4C63-B4CC-F8ADC9947E3C@ebureau.com> <9C202C72-EF74-4DB7-9B2C-736C049A9F7A@ebureau.com> <a7a196a0-993d-20a4-46be-c617d145f6bb@freebsd.org>
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--Apple-Mail=_795FD86B-D743-431E-89A2-87C7103A9392 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Yep, and that's also why bhyve is getting killed instead of paging out. = For some inexplicable reason, chyves defaulted to setting -S on new VMs. = That has the effect of wiring in the max amount of memory for each guest = at startup. I changed the bargs option to "-A -H -P" instead of "-A -H -P -S". = Memory pressure is greatly alleviated upon restart. I'm going to do more = testing, but I suspect this will fix my problem. Take this as a PSA for = chyves users. - .Dustin > On Dec 1, 2017, at 11:56 AM, Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> wrote: >=20 > The -S flag to bhyve wires guest memory so it won't be swapped out. >=20 > later, >=20 > Peter. --Apple-Mail=_795FD86B-D743-431E-89A2-87C7103A9392 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=smime.p7s Content-Type: application/pkcs7-signature; name=smime.p7s Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 MIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAqCAMIACAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAQAAoIIEzDCCBMgw ggOwoAMCAQICAUEwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwgZkxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRIwEAYDVQQIEwlNaW5u ZXNvdGExFDASBgNVBAcTC1NhaW50IENsb3VkMRAwDgYDVQQKEwdlQnVyZWF1MRQwEgYDVQQLEwtJ bnRlZ3JhdGlvbjEUMBIGA1UEAxMLZWJ1cmVhdS5jb20xIjAgBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWE3N1cHBvcnRA ZWJ1cmVhdS5jb20wHhcNMTcwNTA1MTYxNjE1WhcNMjcwNTAzMTYxNjE1WjBKMQswCQYDVQQGEwJV UzEUMBIGA1UEAwwLRHVzdGluIFdlbnoxJTAjBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWFmR1c3RpbndlbnpAZWJ1cmVh dS5jb20wggEiMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4IBDwAwggEKAoIBAQCQ/HJXe7JhUaexqEaxCNVifsue sUMgohgXLmi5YIcbAWhdxTr1PUzKYkeTkL9sYNjXU6uaI2tZMF3hA9gcFjxQIfkKSo31MrYOgMdU xQe0Q+t6Vd4pGAmtDQDwhAsrNGccADp3Yjy4eBtVfkDGdzz1Y8Lbc684TPFcW7i9+U/dDaXlcxeq fyDqiHZ5y8Lp/1M2Ot/Rz7eikJZTAuHOWKs/PEiJIM2JHuhPyNy+mL2oqEWeOcEsKMNzgn7HVt4k Xz2irBAG+cj4WAxWs418l46EEXgur4PvhBXZMl0LJg0TyaxOHbsUam4R4tbKnaZ3HhRkg79k2Had sb6DKbnCw9/1AgMBAAGjggFnMIIBYzAJBgNVHRMEAjAAMAsGA1UdDwQEAwIE8DAnBgNVHSUEIDAe BggrBgEFBQcDAQYIKwYBBQUHAwIGCCsGAQUFBwMEMB0GA1UdDgQWBBTLi/8HUHpbBEt9OtPqQoax AmpaNDCBzgYDVR0jBIHGMIHDgBRnpZeXB5rQYLgsUKqiiBcLIHyu6aGBn6SBnDCBmTELMAkGA1UE BhMCVVMxEjAQBgNVBAgTCU1pbm5lc290YTEUMBIGA1UEBxMLU2FpbnQgQ2xvdWQxEDAOBgNVBAoT B2VCdXJlYXUxFDASBgNVBAsTC0ludGVncmF0aW9uMRQwEgYDVQQDEwtlYnVyZWF1LmNvbTEiMCAG CSqGSIb3DQEJARYTc3VwcG9ydEBlYnVyZWF1LmNvbYIJAMwZcjAWAsWXMDAGCWCGSAGG+EIBBAQj FiFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmVidXJlYXUuY29tL2NhLWNybC5wZW0wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQADggEBAHbO qVdB9raUKXCgZRA/nES5a60dlIaGnIlpgz+Y3SjFt0bcJxoUYhIzumBHk9yjyP4M1DubOphkQpJ4 LNZbAS01cjCxjnC0ZUq5V3FCeaDwrn1qPY+QJGoZPLlhWdJUNu17OpnR7ZfBWlp3/pRhvNU5PCbJ nmF7rnvsqxUFq9oeiV3SmqBux5lwJ7p2Uss5SHSW6g17K/KdTMK1roQr/+rWpxp2233qddDrLpOE xGRlvhEqSa/IZbGC9oiYmsiaG1PefQkadoob5IMIS5/MDpWHUgSHqAj1V/LwcCx0rbt73SazGMND EzHVWhsj+khepB/MG5QGfWP23IGFmvQYWWcxggOQMIIDjAIBATCBnzCBmTELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMx EjAQBgNVBAgTCU1pbm5lc290YTEUMBIGA1UEBxMLU2FpbnQgQ2xvdWQxEDAOBgNVBAoTB2VCdXJl YXUxFDASBgNVBAsTC0ludGVncmF0aW9uMRQwEgYDVQQDEwtlYnVyZWF1LmNvbTEiMCAGCSqGSIb3 DQEJARYTc3VwcG9ydEBlYnVyZWF1LmNvbQIBQTAJBgUrDgMCGgUAoIIBxTAYBgkqhkiG9w0BCQMx CwYJKoZIhvcNAQcBMBwGCSqGSIb3DQEJBTEPFw0xNzEyMDExODA5MDlaMCMGCSqGSIb3DQEJBDEW BBTMExP8X1N53zljBQuG/a+Ux9IsvTCBsAYJKwYBBAGCNxAEMYGiMIGfMIGZMQswCQYDVQQGEwJV UzESMBAGA1UECBMJTWlubmVzb3RhMRQwEgYDVQQHEwtTYWludCBDbG91ZDEQMA4GA1UEChMHZUJ1 cmVhdTEUMBIGA1UECxMLSW50ZWdyYXRpb24xFDASBgNVBAMTC2VidXJlYXUuY29tMSIwIAYJKoZI hvcNAQkBFhNzdXBwb3J0QGVidXJlYXUuY29tAgFBMIGyBgsqhkiG9w0BCRACCzGBoqCBnzCBmTEL MAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxEjAQBgNVBAgTCU1pbm5lc290YTEUMBIGA1UEBxMLU2FpbnQgQ2xvdWQxEDAO BgNVBAoTB2VCdXJlYXUxFDASBgNVBAsTC0ludGVncmF0aW9uMRQwEgYDVQQDEwtlYnVyZWF1LmNv bTEiMCAGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYTc3VwcG9ydEBlYnVyZWF1LmNvbQIBQTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASC AQBe4sGYoqFXj7bcrIvsRzNWRjKNrknntyj4mfepSW2OiKvEa0XQjix84sHtrk39MEFMvFWYMBHP IQZPuR4653abSp49qnOwhoruJEJLKg+qasaVRf2mFJdr4+JPKZ0V7ZRHcGJkd7el8bhgt80XyJC2 ECyUbstJCT/HU1Ji3jMPct1TvlbOFORDjLrZ9uIBfNd/U8+GgxXjs0FZ9EONUWXLfsTYUx7b2ojg Drfb/lyCN3JpWNuE5eHquHirVlBm/fvxXoCvHnfjIWyk2efNIwFmMq34KJWhkXTQ7gNTakYajiaI PajYmVmdt5HnkSSC9iNyNlpiuzYo9bgXvtI2uEk8AAAAAAAA --Apple-Mail=_795FD86B-D743-431E-89A2-87C7103A9392--
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