[openssl-dev] 90-test_secmem.t hangs the machine for good

[Short, Todd]

s/want/wasn’t/ ?

So, no MLOCK_ONFAULT for you? That’s only included on Linux systems, which makes sense if you’re on a Mac.
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-Todd Short
// tshort at akamai.com
// "One if by land, two if by sea, three if by the Internet."

> On May 15, 2017, at 1:15 PM, Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL <uri at ll.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> My disk is SSD, but computer load is pretty high. Which probably explains that recovery doesn't take place in 200-400 seconds...
> 
> On a semi-related note, I want able to locate mann.h file either.
> 
> Regards,
> Uri
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On May 15, 2017, at 13:09, Short, Todd <tshort at akamai.com <mailto:tshort at akamai.com>> wrote:
> 
>> The time of the hang actually seems dependent on the number of applications running and your disk.
>> 
>> Since a large amount of memory becomes wired, there is very little available for programs and the OS to use (in some instances I have seen ~4MB non-wired memory). Things slow down due to swapping, etc. 
>> 
>> In my testing:
>> 
>> With almost no additional programs open, the hang-time is short, ~200 seconds.
>> With a lot of programs open, the hang-time is increased, ~400 seconds; twice as long. And the number of swapins is 25x and the swapouts is ~34x the original test period.
>> 
>> This is on a machine with an SSD (late-2013 MBP)
>> If you have a spinning HDD, the swapins and swapouts will be significantly more expensive in terms of performance/time.
>> 
>> If you quit all your programs, (other than Terminal), I suspect the hang may eventually recover; but if you have a hard disk that time might be quite long.
>> 
>> --
>> -Todd Short
>> // tshort at akamai.com <mailto:tshort at akamai.com>
>> // "One if by land, two if by sea, three if by the Internet."
>> 
>>> On May 15, 2017, at 11:51 AM, Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL <uri at ll.mit.edu <mailto:uri at ll.mit.edu>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I’m tracking the current OpenSSL master only on El Capitan 10.11.6. I could try it on Sierra 10.12.4, if you really expect it to make a difference.
>>>  
>>> In my case the hang is not for a short time. It lasts for more than 10 minutes, so I’m forced to interfere. For how long did it hang for you?
>>> — 
>>> Regards,
>>> Uri
>>>  
>>>  
>>> On 5/15/17, 11:47 AM, "openssl-dev on behalf of Short, Todd via openssl-dev" <openssl-dev-bounces at openssl.org <mailto:openssl-dev-bounces at openssl.org> on behalf of openssl-dev at openssl.org <mailto:openssl-dev at openssl.org>> wrote:
>>>  
>>> We’ve been able to get some Macs (10.11.6, 8GB and 16GB) to hang for a short period of time with the unit-tests, but it eventually recovers. 
>>>  
>>> What MacOS version are you running? I can try 10.12 later today.
>>> --
>>> -Todd Short
>>> // tshort at akamai.com <mailto:tshort at akamai.com>
>>> // "One if by land, two if by sea, three if by the Internet."
>>>  
>>>> On May 12, 2017, at 4:50 PM, Short, Todd via openssl-dev <openssl-dev at openssl.org <mailto:openssl-dev at openssl.org>> wrote:  
>>>>  
>>>> Uri: 
>>>>  
>>>> Look at https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3455 <https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3455>
>>>>  
>>>> I limited the test that hung your machine to Linux.
>>>>  
>>>> Rich: this removes the OpenSSL_assert() you see.
>>>>  
>>>> --
>>>> -Todd Short
>>>> // tshort at akamai.com <mailto:tshort at akamai.com>
>>>> // "One if by land, two if by sea, three if by the Internet."
>>>>  
>>>>> On May 12, 2017, at 4:46 PM, Short, Todd via openssl-dev <openssl-dev at openssl.org <mailto:openssl-dev at openssl.org>> wrote:
>>>>>  
>>>>> It’s trying to reserve 1<<34 bytes of memory… there goes your 16GB...
>>>>> --
>>>>> -Todd Short
>>>>> // tshort at akamai.com <mailto:tshort at akamai.com>
>>>>> // "One if by land, two if by sea, three if by the Internet."
>>>>>  
>>>>>> On May 12, 2017, at 4:05 PM, Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL <uri at ll.mit.edu <mailto:uri at ll.mit.edu>> wrote:
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> Todd> Yes, it’s likely this is due to the amount of memory available in the machine. I tried to use reasonable values, but apparently not reasonable enough
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> Yep. In case it matters, my machine has 16GB of RAM (and runs a ton of stuff, besides these tests :).
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