[Dxspider-support] user.asc size ?

[Dirk Koopman]

Send me one of the "small" user_asc files direct (not on the list)

On 01/12/2021 21:30, Tim Tuck wrote:
>
> Hi Dirk,
>
> Running perl against any of my user_asc.o files cause 100% CPU and 
> this is from tiny user_asc files of about 2k.
>
> It rapidly fills memory and swap until it barfs lots of stuff into 
> syslog with lines like this...
>
> Dec  1 20:41:26 dx kernel: [173016.802928] Out of memory: Killed 
> process 40685 (perl) total-vm:1367748kB, anon-rss:1352540kB, 
> file-rss:1076kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:1002 pgtables:2724kB
>
> Full syslog barf message available on request.
>
> Likewise running export_user causes 100% CPU and the cluster to stall 
> with the resultant user_asc file rapidly growing into the multi GB 
> range and the only way to stop it is to kill -9 it all!
>
> I suspect there is something terribly wrong inside the users.v3 file, 
> is there some other way to reset it ?
>
> This is a brand new node still in testing so destructive options can 
> be entertained.
>
> regards
>
> Tim
>
>
> On 2/12/21 7:16 am, Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support wrote:
>> Firstly, use user_asc.o (that's what it's there for).
>>
>> But it is text and you can 'less' and I guarantee that it will text 
>> and blobs of binary.
>>
>> You can edit it and remove the rubbish. But perl user_asc.o will be 
>> close enough.
>>
>> Dirk
>>
>> On 01/12/2021 19:52, Tim Tuck via Dxspider-support wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Kin,
>>>
>>> OK, doing that caused a crash and this...
>>>
>>> Dec  1 19:49:13 dx kernel: [169883.949427] Out of memory: Killed 
>>> process 38305 (perl) total-vm:1372232kB, anon-rss:1356840kB, 
>>> file-rss:2616kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:1002 pgtables:2732kB oom_score_adj:0
>>>
>>> Is there any other way  to deal with it ?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/12/21 6:36 pm, Joaquin . via Dxspider-support wrote:
>>>> Hi Tim,
>>>>
>>>> It can't be, that file is wrong.
>>>>
>>>> 1. stop the cluster
>>>> 2. cd /spider/data
>>>> 3. perl user_asc
>>>> 4. restart the cluster
>>>>
>>>> You should get a file with a few megabytes
>>>> Mine after more than a year is < 6 M
>>>>
>>>> 73 de Kin
>>>> EA3CV
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> El mié, 1 dic 2021 a las 3:56, Tim Tuck via Dxspider-support 
>>>> (<dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk 
>>>> <mailto:dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>>) escribió:
>>>>
>>>>     Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>     I'm monitoring our new cluster and I'm a bit concerned about
>>>>     the size of
>>>>     user.asc, Its currently 33G.
>>>>
>>>>     Is this normal ? or has something gone amiss ?
>>>>
>>>>     thanks
>>>>
>>>>     Tim
>>>>
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