Bug#974755: smartd: Problematic memory activity

2020-12-12 Thread Elliott Mitchell
Hmm, don't see a copy of the follow-up message anywhere. Sent to the bug and not me? 6 devices are being monitored, they're behind a HP controller (cciss driver). I don't know for certain that triggering self-tests is the cause, this is merely obvious speculation. My most recent observations se

Bug#974755: smartd: Problematic memory activity (triggers oom-killer)

2020-11-15 Thread Christian Franke
smartd.conf file ? If DEVICESCAN is used: How many devices are detected ? Triggering self-tests should not require any additional memory as the actual tests are handled by drive firmware. Regards, Christian smartmontools.org

Bug#974755: smartd: Problematic memory activity (triggers oom-killer)

2020-11-14 Thread Elliott Mitchell
Package: smartmontools Version: 6.6-1 `smartd` is doing some sort of activity which tends to trigger the kernel oom-killer. I suspect this may relate to triggering self-tests. System in question has plenty of swap available, and presently reports more than 50MB of available memory. Presently ad