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opened 2026-03-20 15:40:23 +01:00 by Benjamin_Loison · 5 comments
Benjamin_Loison commented 2026-03-20 15:40:23 +01:00
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Would help: 
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As far as I understand, even with possibly reserved system memory as it may exceed it may involve system crash, so there is no user process to blame. Can double reserved system memory to reduce the risk and figure out what user process was possibly unexpectedly behaving.

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Benjamin_Loison commented 2026-04-04 00:31:21 +02:00
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I involved this issue this time: 
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Benjamin_Loison commented 2026-04-04 01:11:26 +02:00
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DuckDuckGo and Google search Linux command to claim memory, Linux command to book memory and Linux command to allocate memory.

The Unix Stack Exchange answer 254976:

head -c 5G /dev/zero | pv | tail | sleep 60

5,00GiB 0:00:03 [1,28GiB/s] [  <=>                           ]
DuckDuckGo and Google search *Linux command to claim memory*, *Linux command to book memory* and *Linux command to allocate memory*. [The Unix Stack Exchange answer 254976](https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/254976): ```bash head -c 5G /dev/zero | pv | tail | sleep 60 ``` ``` 5,00GiB 0:00:03 [1,28GiB/s] [ <=> ] ```
Benjamin_Loison commented 2026-04-04 01:12:53 +02:00
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On my Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon Framework 13 Virtual Machine Manager Linux Mint (trust) virtual machine with 15.6 GB of RAM and 1.83 GB of swap.

head -c 30G /dev/zero | pv | tail | sleep 60

15,7GiB 0:00:27 [ 578MiB/s] [                <=>             ]

hangs while htop does not show consumption contrarily to above.

On my Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon Framework 13 Virtual Machine Manager *Linux Mint (trust)* virtual machine with 15.6 GB of RAM and 1.83 GB of swap. ```bash head -c 30G /dev/zero | pv | tail | sleep 60 ``` ``` 15,7GiB 0:00:27 [ 578MiB/s] [ <=> ] ``` hangs while `htop` does not show consumption contrarily to above.
Benjamin_Loison commented 2026-04-04 01:14:07 +02:00
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head -c 30G /dev/zero | pv | tail
Output: 
15,7GiB 0:00:18 [ 873MiB/s] [           <=>                  ]
Killed

as wanted.

```bash head -c 30G /dev/zero | pv | tail ``` <details> <summary>Output:</summary> ``` 15,7GiB 0:00:18 [ 873MiB/s] [ <=> ] Killed ``` </details> as wanted.
Benjamin_Loison commented 2026-04-04 01:14:51 +02:00
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Before investigating security, should verify this witness behavior on the considered computer.

https://pim.etesync.lemnoslife.com/pim/events/OQi24uZ0O6onZ1B66Ba16CZEpDCY35-G|rSmlIgFJdljz0Kd2jZUg3dspQfclImv0

Before investigating security, should verify this witness behavior on the considered computer. [https://pim.etesync.lemnoslife.com/pim/events/OQi24uZ0O6onZ1B66Ba16CZEpDCY35-G|rSmlIgFJdljz0Kd2jZUg3dspQfclImv0](https://pim.etesync.lemnoslife.com/pim/events/OQi24uZ0O6onZ1B66Ba16CZEpDCY35-G%7CrSmlIgFJdljz0Kd2jZUg3dspQfclImv0)
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