On 2019-03-15, Joel Carnat <j...@carnat.net> wrote: > On Fri 15/03 15:47, Stuart Henderson wrote: >> On 2019-03-14, Joel Carnat <j...@carnat.net> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > The Internet is full of "OpenBSD desktop works better when rising >> > datasize/maxproc/openfiles/stacksize in login.conf". One thing I can't >> > manage to find is how you can monitor those values? >> > >> > I'm Ok to set arbitrary recommended values depending on system >> > configuration and general usecases (like using Firefox/Chrome etc). But >> > I would like to check for my current used values. Like looking at top >> > or vmstat to know how much resources I'm actually using. And how often >> > the system raises the 75% threshold. >> > >> > Is there a way to monitor these usage numbers to set adequate limits? >> > >> > TIA, >> > Jo >> > >> > >> >> It doesn't show you everything, but you can check memory in 'maximum >> resident set size': >> >> $ \time -l chrome >> > Thanks Stuart. This is needed for each command I run and want to be > monitored, right?
That would tell you the maximum memory used during the run. > Reading the manpage for ps(1) once again, I ended wondering if that wasn't > the answer to my initial question... > > # ps -ax -o pid,lim,rsz,dsiz,ssiz,tsiz,vsz,command | sed '2,/firefox/d' > PID LIM RSZ DSIZ SSIZ TSIZ VSZ COMMAND > 69866 5875588 7072 3352 16 32 3400 /usr/local/libexec/gvfsd > 74573 5875588 104524 188200 80 196 188476 /usr/local/lib/firefox/firefox > (...) > 67248 5875588 199444 263132 140 196 263468 /usr/local/lib/firefox/firefox > (...) > 5430 5875588 215532 291920 164 196 292280 /usr/local/lib/firefox/firefox > (...) > 59826 5875588 116908 190948 128 196 191272 /usr/local/lib/firefox/firefox > (...) > > Does this indicates the values I'm looking for? > > Thanks. > > That gives you more different types of information, but won't show you if it has used a higher amount sometime during the run and then freed it.
