* Re: [gentoo-user] How can I control size of /run (tmpfs)?
@ 2012-05-26 20:44 99% ` Alex Schuster
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From: Alex Schuster @ 2012-05-26 20:44 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
Dale writes:
> Jarry wrote:
>> On 26-May-12 22:01, Dale wrote:
>>> Jarry wrote:
>>>>
>>>> after updating baselayout from 2.0.3 to 2.1-r1 /run is mounted
>>>> as tmpfs. But I can not find any mount-option for controlling
>>>> how much memory is (or could be) used for it.
>>>>
>>>> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
>>>> tmpfs 8223848 224 8223624 1% /run
>>>>
>>>> I know it does not use 8GB right now, yet I'd like to reduce
>>>> it to some lower value, not half of my physical memory.
>>>> How can I do it? Can I simply add line in fstab like:
>>>>
>>>> none /run tmpfs size=128m 0 0 ???
Just try it :) I don't know if this would work, probably yes. But you
can change it later with mount -o remount,size=128m /run
>>> Holy smoke ! Mine is doing the same thing.
>>> tmpfs 7.9G 260K 7.9G 1% /run
>>>
>>> But I also have this:
>>> tmpfs 7.9G 0 7.9G 0% /var/tmp/portage
Now have a look at /dev/shm...
>>> So, between those two, I could run out of ram since I have 16Gbs.
But only if you copy stuff to /run yourself, otherwise this will never
happen.
>>> There is now TWO people that needs a answer to this question. Why does
>>> it need that much anyway? It looks to me like a few hundred Mbs, like
>>> Jarry posted, would be plenty. Jeepers creepers. lol
It doesn't need it, it's just the maximum sitze, which it will never reach.
>> I suppose default size for tmpfs is half of physical memory,
>> if it is not configured somewhere else.
>>
>> BTW, is there any way to turn this great feature off?
>> What is it good for? I do not see any advantage in having
>> /run on tmpfs...
In case of power failure or lockup, the contents are lost, and will not
cause confusion on the next reboot when /run is still populated by
stuff. Just an idea, I do not know if it would really matter.
But it does no harm, so why not juest keep it like it is.
> I had no idea it was doing this either until your post. I got the same
> questions as you do. Why is it there? Why so much is allocated to it?
> Where can we change the settings for this questionable "feature"?
>
> I'm hoping someone will come along and answer both our questions. I'm
> really hoping for a place we can change the settings. I don't mind it
> being there so much if it is useful. I would like to know its purpose
> tho.
I don't know the details, but I'd think it does not matter. There will
nothing be put into /run that uses a lot of memory, so it will never
actually use its default size of half of your RAM.
Wonko
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