Anyone have any idea why apps are starting to search /proc/sys/vm?
 

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On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 5:44 AM, Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com> wrote:
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Perhaps this glibc code (in sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/malloc-sysdep.h)?

static inline bool
check_may_shrink_heap (void)
{
static int may_shrink_heap = -1;

if (__builtin_expect (may_shrink_heap >= 0, 1))
return may_shrink_heap;

may_shrink_heap = __libc_enable_secure;

if (__builtin_expect (may_shrink_heap == 0, 1))
{
int fd = open_not_cancel_2 ("/proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory",
O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
if (fd >= 0)
{
char val;
ssize_t n = read_not_cancel (fd, &val, 1);
may_shrink_heap = n > 0 && val == '2';
close_not_cancel_no_status (fd);
}
}

return may_shrink_heap;
}

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Anyone have any idea why apps are starting to search /proc/sys/vm?
 

dwalsh writes:

> [only the $subject]

# stap -e 'probe syscall.open {
if(substr(filename,0,5) == "/proc") {
println(pid(), " ", execname(), " ", filename)
print_ubacktrace()
} }' -d /usr/lib*/libc-*.so

(Repeat with more -d /usr/bin/foo as stap advises.)

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