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Re: [Pharo-project] Fwd: [Vm-dev] Re: out of memory - cog on windows

by Andres Valloud

I thought I'd mention... some supported Windows configurations require additional work to allow apps to use more than 2gb. So, even if you compile with (IIRC) /LARGEADDRESSAWARE, it may not always be enough. On 4/23/11 11:48 , Andres Valloud wrote: > Some seemingly useful items to start tracing through Google appear here... > > http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.gcc.help/browse_thread/thread/b1548cd5e7… > > On 4/23/11 6:17 , Igor Stasenko wrote: >> On 23 April 2011 13:19, Alain_Rastoul<alr.dev(a)free.fr> wrote: >>> The code for memory allocation is in sqWin32Alloc.c >>> There is MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORYMB reserved in virtual address space for each vm >>> (512MB) >>> maxReserved = MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY; >>> do { >>> pageBase = VirtualAlloc(NULL,maxReserved,MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_NOACCESS); >>> if(!pageBase) { >>> if(maxReserved == nowReserved) break; >>> /* make it smaller in steps of 128MB */ >>> maxReserved -= 128*1024*1024; >>> if(maxReserved< nowReserved) maxReserved = nowReserved; >>> } >>> } while(!pageBase); >>> >>> I don't know gcc compilation flag for address space> 2G for 32b apps on 64 >>> bits ? >>> ((MS) /LARGEADDRESSEPACE gcc equivalent ?) >>> Do you know it ? >> >> No idea :) >> >>> >>> "Andres Valloud" >>> <avalloud(a)smalltalk.comcastbiz.net> a Ã©crit dans le >>> message de news: 4DB247E5.7020404(a)smalltalk.comcastbiz.net... >>>> Does that mean that, even if your app uses 128mb of RAM, the VM will >>>> allocate 512mb of memory regardless? It seems a bit strange that just 1gb >>>> worth of allocations would cause problems. What about the load address of >>>> the VM and the way the memory chunk is allocated? Has the 32 bit VM been >>>> compiled to indicate the app is 32 bit address aware (if not, address >>>> space is limited to 2gb)? >>>> >>>> On 4/22/11 14:44 , Mariano Martinez Peck wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> From: *Andreas Raab*<andreas.raab(a)gmx.de >>>>> <mailto:andreas.raab@gmx.de>> >>>>> Date: Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 3:01 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [Vm-dev] Re: [Pharo-project] out of memory - cog on windows >>>>> To: vm-dev(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org >>>>> <mailto:vm-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> FWIW, the reason for the 512MB limit has to do with Windows memory >>>>> layout. When you're running applications that load dynamic libraries >>>>> (directly or indirectly such as when using ODBC which loads further >>>>> DLLs) Windows needs (sometimes a lot of) address space to map these DLLs >>>>> in order to load them[*]. When the VM starts it grabs MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY >>>>> from the OS which will consequently not be available to map DLLs into. >>>>> We have found that depending on the libraries in use and depending on >>>>> the overall system utilization, loading DLLs would fail seemingly "at >>>>> random" which, after further investigation, we were able to track to >>>>> reserving too much address space upfront. We were able to show >>>>> experimentally, that changing the limit from 1GB to 512MB would on some >>>>> machines make all the difference. >>>>> >>>>> [*] This is true in particular for libraries that create more threads as >>>>> the default Windows policy is to create threads with the stack size of >>>>> the application executable. Thus a 1MB default stack in the application >>>>> will by default create all further threads to be allocated with a 1MB >>>>> stack size. Of course all of this is subject to various other conditions. >>>>> >>>>> In the end we concluded that 512MB is a reasonable size for most apps >>>>> and with 512MB we've never seen these random failures. You can increase >>>>> the limit by recompiling the VM, but if you ship your app in diverse >>>>> environments you should be aware of the potential issues. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> - Andreas >>>>> >>>>> On 4/21/2011 22:44, Alain_Rastoul wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Apparently, the vm allocates MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY and reduces by steps >>>>>> of 128M until it >>>>>> succeeds. >>>>>> so I suppose it could be possible to allocate 2Gb and see how it runs >>>>>> on a 1Gb system and if this is not too much stress for >>>>>> the system (thinking of the pagefile) ? >>>>>> Tudor is your vm a cog or non cog vm ? >>>>>> >>>>>> "Mariano Martinez Peck" >>>>>> <marianopeck(a)gmail.com >>>>>> <mailto:marianopeck@gmail.com>> a >>>>>> Ã©crit dans le message de news: >>>>>> >>>>>> BANLkTi=Tved13_KL7quOzemOXPnCcfWw+g(a)mail.gmail.com >>>>>> >>>>>> <mailto:BANLkTi=Tved13_KL7quOzemOXPnCcfWw+g@mail.gmail.com>... >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Tudor Girba >>>>>> <tudor.girba(a)gmail.com >>>>>> <mailto:tudor.girba@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Should I to understand that the only way to enable more memory >>>>>> is to recompile the VM? Does that mean that there is no way to >>>>>> pass this information as a parameter like we can on Mac? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> As far as I know you can pass a parameter, but even so, it won't >>>>>> be able to allocate more than 512MB. >>>>>> I can compile the VM for you with this change in 5 minutes. But I >>>>>> am not sure that such simple code would make it work. I think such >>>>>> limit is there because of something. Otherwise, it sounds stupid >>>>>> imposing a limit just because. >>>>>> >>>>>> The problem is that I cannot recompile the VM because I have >>>>>> no access to a Windows machine. Is there one available that >>>>>> provides more memory? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I don't think so, but start cc'ing the VM mailing list. You'd >>>>>> probably receive more help. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> >>>>>> Mariano >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Doru >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 21 Apr 2011, at 22:09, Alain_Rastoul wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> > Hi Tudor, >>>>>> > >>>>>> > There is a constant in sqWin32Alloc.h (platforms\win32\vm) : >>>>>> > #define MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY 512*1024*1024 >>>>>> > you can change it to whatever you want and rebuild the vm, >>>>>> > for exzmple give all the available memory less 256 M . >>>>>> > >>>>>> > HTH >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Regards >>>>>> > Alain >>>>>> > >>>>>> > "Tudor Girba" >>>>>> <tudor.girba(a)gmail.com >>>>>> <mailto:tudor.girba@gmail.com>> a >>>>>> Ã©crit >>>>>> > dans le message de news: >>>>>> >>>>>> 03B9389F-C719-44D0-B106-2AC78B120F56(a)gmail.com >>>>>> >>>>>> <mailto:03B9389F-C719-44D0-B106-2AC78B120F56@gmail.com>... >>>>>> > Hi, >>>>>> > >>>>>> > We have no specific startUp: methods in Moose. In any case, >>>>>> the issue with >>>>>> > opening the image does not seem to be related to startUp:. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Is it really true that the Cog VM is limited to 512MB of >>>>>> memory? >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Cheers, >>>>>> > Doru >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > On 21 Apr 2011, at 14:27, Luc Fabresse wrote: >>>>>> > >>>>>> >> Hi Doru, >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> 2011/4/21 Tudor Girba >>>>>> >> <tudor.girba(a)gmail.com >>>>>> <mailto:tudor.girba@gmail.com>> >>>>>> >> Hi, >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> On Apr 21, 2011, at 14:06, Mariano Martinez Peck >>>>>> >> <marianopeck(a)gmail.com >>>>>> <mailto:marianopeck@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Tudor Girba >>>>>> >>> <tudor.girba(a)gmail.com >>>>>> <mailto:tudor.girba@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>> Hi again, >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> I did not say what the problem was :). The problem was >>>>>> that when >>>>>> >>>> opening the image on Windows, he got a Space is low >>>>>> message and the >>>>>> >>>> image was not usable (see attachment). >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> That's weird. Does moose have something on the startup >>>>>> list? something >>>>>> >>> that can be bothering there? >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> Not that I know of. Is there a way to check this? >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> Classes should be registered using Smalltlak >>>>>> addToStartUpList: aClass >>>>>> >> Then aClass class>>#startUp: is executed at startup. >>>>>> >> So implementors of #startUp: on Moose classes should give >>>>>> you the answer. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> #Luc >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> Actually, using exactly the same process some days ago he >>>>>> produced an >>>>>> >> image of 190MB. This one works just fine on Windows. The >>>>>> only difference >>>>>> >> between the two is the size of the loaded data. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> It would be really bad news if the Windows vm would be so >>>>>> severely limited >>>>>> >> in terms of memory. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> Cheers, >>>>>> >> Doru >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> On Mac it worked just fine. >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>>>> >>>> Doru >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> On 21 Apr 2011, at 12:52, Tudor Girba wrote: >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> I received a question from someone running a 200MB image >>>>>> on Windows >>>>>> >>>>> using Cog 2361. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> If I open the image on Mac, it works just fine. >>>>>> Unfortunately, I do >>>>>> >>>>> not have a Windows machine around, and I cannot test but >>>>>> I believe it >>>>>> >>>>> should be solvable by increasing the allocated memory. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> On Mac, I would run it with: ./Croquet -memory 1500m >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Can anyone help me with the right incantation for Windows? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> >>>>> Doru >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>> www.tudorgirba.com<http://www.tudorgirba.com> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> "What we can governs what we wish." >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> <Space is low.png> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> -- >>>>>> >>>> www.tudorgirba.com<http://www.tudorgirba.com> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> "Yesterday is a fact. >>>>>> >>>> Tomorrow is a possibility. >>>>>> >>>> Today is a challenge." >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> -- >>>>>> >>> Mariano >>>>>> >>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> > >>>>>> > -- >>>>>> > www.tudorgirba.com<http://www.tudorgirba.com> >>>>>> > >>>>>> > "Beauty is where we see it." >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> www.tudorgirba.com<http://www.tudorgirba.com> >>>>>> >>>>>> "If you interrupt the barber while he is cutting your hair, >>>>>> you will end up with a messy haircut." >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Mariano >>>>>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Mariano >>>>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Igor Stasenko AKA sig. >> >

April 23, 2011

Re: [Pharo-project] Fwd: [Vm-dev] Re: out of memory - cog on windows

by Andres Valloud

Some seemingly useful items to start tracing through Google appear here... http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.gcc.help/browse_thread/thread/b1548cd5e7… On 4/23/11 6:17 , Igor Stasenko wrote: > On 23 April 2011 13:19, Alain_Rastoul<alr.dev(a)free.fr> wrote: >> The code for memory allocation is in sqWin32Alloc.c >> There is MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORYMB reserved in virtual address space for each vm >> (512MB) >> maxReserved = MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY; >> do { >> pageBase = VirtualAlloc(NULL,maxReserved,MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_NOACCESS); >> if(!pageBase) { >> if(maxReserved == nowReserved) break; >> /* make it smaller in steps of 128MB */ >> maxReserved -= 128*1024*1024; >> if(maxReserved< nowReserved) maxReserved = nowReserved; >> } >> } while(!pageBase); >> >> I don't know gcc compilation flag for address space> 2G for 32b apps on 64 >> bits ? >> ((MS) /LARGEADDRESSEPACE gcc equivalent ?) >> Do you know it ? > > No idea :) > >> >> "Andres Valloud" >> <avalloud(a)smalltalk.comcastbiz.net> a Ã©crit dans le >> message de news: 4DB247E5.7020404(a)smalltalk.comcastbiz.net... >>> Does that mean that, even if your app uses 128mb of RAM, the VM will >>> allocate 512mb of memory regardless? It seems a bit strange that just 1gb >>> worth of allocations would cause problems. What about the load address of >>> the VM and the way the memory chunk is allocated? Has the 32 bit VM been >>> compiled to indicate the app is 32 bit address aware (if not, address >>> space is limited to 2gb)? >>> >>> On 4/22/11 14:44 , Mariano Martinez Peck wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: *Andreas Raab*<andreas.raab(a)gmx.de >>>> <mailto:andreas.raab@gmx.de>> >>>> Date: Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 3:01 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [Vm-dev] Re: [Pharo-project] out of memory - cog on windows >>>> To: vm-dev(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org >>>> <mailto:vm-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> FWIW, the reason for the 512MB limit has to do with Windows memory >>>> layout. When you're running applications that load dynamic libraries >>>> (directly or indirectly such as when using ODBC which loads further >>>> DLLs) Windows needs (sometimes a lot of) address space to map these DLLs >>>> in order to load them[*]. When the VM starts it grabs MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY >>>> from the OS which will consequently not be available to map DLLs into. >>>> We have found that depending on the libraries in use and depending on >>>> the overall system utilization, loading DLLs would fail seemingly "at >>>> random" which, after further investigation, we were able to track to >>>> reserving too much address space upfront. We were able to show >>>> experimentally, that changing the limit from 1GB to 512MB would on some >>>> machines make all the difference. >>>> >>>> [*] This is true in particular for libraries that create more threads as >>>> the default Windows policy is to create threads with the stack size of >>>> the application executable. Thus a 1MB default stack in the application >>>> will by default create all further threads to be allocated with a 1MB >>>> stack size. Of course all of this is subject to various other conditions. >>>> >>>> In the end we concluded that 512MB is a reasonable size for most apps >>>> and with 512MB we've never seen these random failures. You can increase >>>> the limit by recompiling the VM, but if you ship your app in diverse >>>> environments you should be aware of the potential issues. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> - Andreas >>>> >>>> On 4/21/2011 22:44, Alain_Rastoul wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Apparently, the vm allocates MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY and reduces by steps >>>>> of 128M until it >>>>> succeeds. >>>>> so I suppose it could be possible to allocate 2Gb and see how it runs >>>>> on a 1Gb system and if this is not too much stress for >>>>> the system (thinking of the pagefile) ? >>>>> Tudor is your vm a cog or non cog vm ? >>>>> >>>>> "Mariano Martinez Peck" >>>>> <marianopeck(a)gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:marianopeck@gmail.com>> a >>>>> Ã©crit dans le message de news: >>>>> >>>>> BANLkTi=Tved13_KL7quOzemOXPnCcfWw+g(a)mail.gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> <mailto:BANLkTi=Tved13_KL7quOzemOXPnCcfWw+g@mail.gmail.com>... >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Tudor Girba >>>>> <tudor.girba(a)gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:tudor.girba@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Should I to understand that the only way to enable more memory >>>>> is to recompile the VM? Does that mean that there is no way to >>>>> pass this information as a parameter like we can on Mac? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> As far as I know you can pass a parameter, but even so, it won't >>>>> be able to allocate more than 512MB. >>>>> I can compile the VM for you with this change in 5 minutes. But I >>>>> am not sure that such simple code would make it work. I think such >>>>> limit is there because of something. Otherwise, it sounds stupid >>>>> imposing a limit just because. >>>>> >>>>> The problem is that I cannot recompile the VM because I have >>>>> no access to a Windows machine. Is there one available that >>>>> provides more memory? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I don't think so, but start cc'ing the VM mailing list. You'd >>>>> probably receive more help. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> >>>>> Mariano >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Doru >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 21 Apr 2011, at 22:09, Alain_Rastoul wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > Hi Tudor, >>>>> > >>>>> > There is a constant in sqWin32Alloc.h (platforms\win32\vm) : >>>>> > #define MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY 512*1024*1024 >>>>> > you can change it to whatever you want and rebuild the vm, >>>>> > for exzmple give all the available memory less 256 M . >>>>> > >>>>> > HTH >>>>> > >>>>> > Regards >>>>> > Alain >>>>> > >>>>> > "Tudor Girba" >>>>> <tudor.girba(a)gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:tudor.girba@gmail.com>> a >>>>> Ã©crit >>>>> > dans le message de news: >>>>> >>>>> 03B9389F-C719-44D0-B106-2AC78B120F56(a)gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> <mailto:03B9389F-C719-44D0-B106-2AC78B120F56@gmail.com>... >>>>> > Hi, >>>>> > >>>>> > We have no specific startUp: methods in Moose. In any case, >>>>> the issue with >>>>> > opening the image does not seem to be related to startUp:. >>>>> > >>>>> > Is it really true that the Cog VM is limited to 512MB of >>>>> memory? >>>>> > >>>>> > Cheers, >>>>> > Doru >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > On 21 Apr 2011, at 14:27, Luc Fabresse wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> >> Hi Doru, >>>>> >> >>>>> >> 2011/4/21 Tudor Girba >>>>> >> <tudor.girba(a)gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:tudor.girba@gmail.com>> >>>>> >> Hi, >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> On Apr 21, 2011, at 14:06, Mariano Martinez Peck >>>>> >> <marianopeck(a)gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:marianopeck@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Tudor Girba >>>>> >>> <tudor.girba(a)gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:tudor.girba@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>> Hi again, >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> I did not say what the problem was :). The problem was >>>>> that when >>>>> >>>> opening the image on Windows, he got a Space is low >>>>> message and the >>>>> >>>> image was not usable (see attachment). >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> That's weird. Does moose have something on the startup >>>>> list? something >>>>> >>> that can be bothering there? >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Not that I know of. Is there a way to check this? >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Classes should be registered using Smalltlak >>>>> addToStartUpList: aClass >>>>> >> Then aClass class>>#startUp: is executed at startup. >>>>> >> So implementors of #startUp: on Moose classes should give >>>>> you the answer. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> #Luc >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Actually, using exactly the same process some days ago he >>>>> produced an >>>>> >> image of 190MB. This one works just fine on Windows. The >>>>> only difference >>>>> >> between the two is the size of the loaded data. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> It would be really bad news if the Windows vm would be so >>>>> severely limited >>>>> >> in terms of memory. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Cheers, >>>>> >> Doru >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> On Mac it worked just fine. >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>> Doru >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> On 21 Apr 2011, at 12:52, Tudor Girba wrote: >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I received a question from someone running a 200MB image >>>>> on Windows >>>>> >>>>> using Cog 2361. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> If I open the image on Mac, it works just fine. >>>>> Unfortunately, I do >>>>> >>>>> not have a Windows machine around, and I cannot test but >>>>> I believe it >>>>> >>>>> should be solvable by increasing the allocated memory. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mac, I would run it with: ./Croquet -memory 1500m >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Can anyone help me with the right incantation for Windows? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Doru >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> www.tudorgirba.com<http://www.tudorgirba.com> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "What we can governs what we wish." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> <Space is low.png> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>>> >>>> www.tudorgirba.com<http://www.tudorgirba.com> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> "Yesterday is a fact. >>>>> >>>> Tomorrow is a possibility. >>>>> >>>> Today is a challenge." >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> -- >>>>> >>> Mariano >>>>> >>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com >>>>> >>> >>>>> >> >>>>> > >>>>> > -- >>>>> > www.tudorgirba.com<http://www.tudorgirba.com> >>>>> > >>>>> > "Beauty is where we see it." >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> www.tudorgirba.com<http://www.tudorgirba.com> >>>>> >>>>> "If you interrupt the barber while he is cutting your hair, >>>>> you will end up with a messy haircut." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Mariano >>>>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mariano >>>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko AKA sig. >

April 23, 2011

Re: [Pharo-project] Fwd: [Vm-dev] Re: out of memory - cog on windows

by Andres Valloud

Not off the top of my head, we use VisualStudio for VisualWorks. On 4/23/11 3:19 , Alain_Rastoul wrote: > The code for memory allocation is in sqWin32Alloc.c > There is MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORYMB reserved in virtual address space for each vm > (512MB) > maxReserved = MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY; > do { > pageBase = VirtualAlloc(NULL,maxReserved,MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_NOACCESS); > if(!pageBase) { > if(maxReserved == nowReserved) break; > /* make it smaller in steps of 128MB */ > maxReserved -= 128*1024*1024; > if(maxReserved< nowReserved) maxReserved = nowReserved; > } > } while(!pageBase); > > I don't know gcc compilation flag for address space> 2G for 32b apps on 64 > bits ? > ((MS) /LARGEADDRESSEPACE gcc equivalent ?) > Do you know it ? > > "Andres Valloud" > <avalloud(a)smalltalk.comcastbiz.net> a Ã©crit dans le > message de news: 4DB247E5.7020404(a)smalltalk.comcastbiz.net... >> Does that mean that, even if your app uses 128mb of RAM, the VM will >> allocate 512mb of memory regardless? It seems a bit strange that just 1gb >> worth of allocations would cause problems. What about the load address of >> the VM and the way the memory chunk is allocated? Has the 32 bit VM been >> compiled to indicate the app is 32 bit address aware (if not, address >> space is limited to 2gb)? >> >> On 4/22/11 14:44 , Mariano Martinez Peck wrote: >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: *Andreas Raab*<andreas.raab(a)gmx.de >>> <mailto:andreas.raab@gmx.de>> >>> Date: Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 3:01 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Vm-dev] Re: [Pharo-project] out of memory - cog on windows >>> To: vm-dev(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org >>> <mailto:vm-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org> >>> >>> >>> >>> FWIW, the reason for the 512MB limit has to do with Windows memory >>> layout. When you're running applications that load dynamic libraries >>> (directly or indirectly such as when using ODBC which loads further >>> DLLs) Windows needs (sometimes a lot of) address space to map these DLLs >>> in order to load them[*]. When the VM starts it grabs MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY >>> from the OS which will consequently not be available to map DLLs into. >>> We have found that depending on the libraries in use and depending on >>> the overall system utilization, loading DLLs would fail seemingly "at >>> random" which, after further investigation, we were able to track to >>> reserving too much address space upfront. We were able to show >>> experimentally, that changing the limit from 1GB to 512MB would on some >>> machines make all the difference. >>> >>> [*] This is true in particular for libraries that create more threads as >>> the default Windows policy is to create threads with the stack size of >>> the application executable. Thus a 1MB default stack in the application >>> will by default create all further threads to be allocated with a 1MB >>> stack size. Of course all of this is subject to various other conditions. >>> >>> In the end we concluded that 512MB is a reasonable size for most apps >>> and with 512MB we've never seen these random failures. You can increase >>> the limit by recompiling the VM, but if you ship your app in diverse >>> environments you should be aware of the potential issues. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> - Andreas >>> >>> On 4/21/2011 22:44, Alain_Rastoul wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Apparently, the vm allocates MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY and reduces by steps >>>> of 128M until it >>>> succeeds. >>>> so I suppose it could be possible to allocate 2Gb and see how it runs >>>> on a 1Gb system and if this is not too much stress for >>>> the system (thinking of the pagefile) ? >>>> Tudor is your vm a cog or non cog vm ? >>>> >>>> "Mariano Martinez Peck" >>>> <marianopeck(a)gmail.com >>>> <mailto:marianopeck@gmail.com>> a >>>> Ã©crit dans le message de news: >>>> >>>> BANLkTi=Tved13_KL7quOzemOXPnCcfWw+g(a)mail.gmail.com >>>> >>>> <mailto:BANLkTi=Tved13_KL7quOzemOXPnCcfWw+g@mail.gmail.com>... >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Tudor Girba >>>> <tudor.girba(a)gmail.com >>>> <mailto:tudor.girba@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Should I to understand that the only way to enable more memory >>>> is to recompile the VM? Does that mean that there is no way to >>>> pass this information as a parameter like we can on Mac? >>>> >>>> >>>> As far as I know you can pass a parameter, but even so, it won't >>>> be able to allocate more than 512MB. >>>> I can compile the VM for you with this change in 5 minutes. But I >>>> am not sure that such simple code would make it work. I think such >>>> limit is there because of something. Otherwise, it sounds stupid >>>> imposing a limit just because. >>>> >>>> The problem is that I cannot recompile the VM because I have >>>> no access to a Windows machine. Is there one available that >>>> provides more memory? >>>> >>>> >>>> I don't think so, but start cc'ing the VM mailing list. You'd >>>> probably receive more help. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Mariano >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Doru >>>> >>>> >>>> On 21 Apr 2011, at 22:09, Alain_Rastoul wrote: >>>> >>>> > Hi Tudor, >>>> > >>>> > There is a constant in sqWin32Alloc.h (platforms\win32\vm) : >>>> > #define MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY 512*1024*1024 >>>> > you can change it to whatever you want and rebuild the vm, >>>> > for exzmple give all the available memory less 256 M . >>>> > >>>> > HTH >>>> > >>>> > Regards >>>> > Alain >>>> > >>>> > "Tudor Girba" >>>> <tudor.girba(a)gmail.com >>>> <mailto:tudor.girba@gmail.com>> a >>>> Ã©crit >>>> > dans le message de news: >>>> >>>> 03B9389F-C719-44D0-B106-2AC78B120F56(a)gmail.com >>>> >>>> <mailto:03B9389F-C719-44D0-B106-2AC78B120F56@gmail.com>... >>>> > Hi, >>>> > >>>> > We have no specific startUp: methods in Moose. In any case, >>>> the issue with >>>> > opening the image does not seem to be related to startUp:. >>>> > >>>> > Is it really true that the Cog VM is limited to 512MB of >>>> memory? >>>> > >>>> > Cheers, >>>> > Doru >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On 21 Apr 2011, at 14:27, Luc Fabresse wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> Hi Doru, >>>> >> >>>> >> 2011/4/21 Tudor Girba >>>> >> <tudor.girba(a)gmail.com >>>> <mailto:tudor.girba@gmail.com>> >>>> >> Hi, >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> On Apr 21, 2011, at 14:06, Mariano Martinez Peck >>>> >> <marianopeck(a)gmail.com >>>> <mailto:marianopeck@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Tudor Girba >>>> >>> <tudor.girba(a)gmail.com >>>> <mailto:tudor.girba@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi again, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I did not say what the problem was :). The problem was >>>> that when >>>> >>>> opening the image on Windows, he got a Space is low >>>> message and the >>>> >>>> image was not usable (see attachment). >>>> >>> >>>> >>> That's weird. Does moose have something on the startup >>>> list? something >>>> >>> that can be bothering there? >>>> >> >>>> >> Not that I know of. Is there a way to check this? >>>> >> >>>> >> Classes should be registered using Smalltlak >>>> addToStartUpList: aClass >>>> >> Then aClass class>>#startUp: is executed at startup. >>>> >> So implementors of #startUp: on Moose classes should give >>>> you the answer. >>>> >> >>>> >> #Luc >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> Actually, using exactly the same process some days ago he >>>> produced an >>>> >> image of 190MB. This one works just fine on Windows. The >>>> only difference >>>> >> between the two is the size of the loaded data. >>>> >> >>>> >> It would be really bad news if the Windows vm would be so >>>> severely limited >>>> >> in terms of memory. >>>> >> >>>> >> Cheers, >>>> >> Doru >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> On Mac it worked just fine. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Doru >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 21 Apr 2011, at 12:52, Tudor Girba wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> I received a question from someone running a 200MB image >>>> on Windows >>>> >>>>> using Cog 2361. >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> If I open the image on Mac, it works just fine. >>>> Unfortunately, I do >>>> >>>>> not have a Windows machine around, and I cannot test but >>>> I believe it >>>> >>>>> should be solvable by increasing the allocated memory. >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> On Mac, I would run it with: ./Croquet -memory 1500m >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> Can anyone help me with the right incantation for Windows? >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>>> Doru >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> -- >>>> >>>>> www.tudorgirba.com<http://www.tudorgirba.com> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> "What we can governs what we wish." >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> <Space is low.png> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> www.tudorgirba.com<http://www.tudorgirba.com> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "Yesterday is a fact. >>>> >>>> Tomorrow is a possibility. >>>> >>>> Today is a challenge." >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> -- >>>> >>> Mariano >>>> >>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com >>>> >>> >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > www.tudorgirba.com<http://www.tudorgirba.com> >>>> > >>>> > "Beauty is where we see it." >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> -- >>>> www.tudorgirba.com<http://www.tudorgirba.com> >>>> >>>> "If you interrupt the barber while he is cutting your hair, >>>> you will end up with a messy haircut." >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mariano >>>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mariano >>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com >>> >> >> > > > > > . >

April 23, 2011

Re: [Pharo-project] A ready only transcript does not fly

by Mariano Martinez Peck

+9999999999999 Please, put back the old theaded transcript. On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:06 PM, StÃ©phane Ducasse < stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr> wrote: > Fernando > I think that we should rollback the transcript. because this is really > annoying that we cannot use > the transcript: > copy and paste > execute an expression there. > May be this is better to improve the ThreadSafeTranscript. > The new one looks like a regression and I'm quite sure people will not like > it. > So this was a good try but we should recognise when stuff do not work as > good as we wanted. > > Stef > -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

April 23, 2011

Re: [Pharo-project] MessageNotUnderstood: Transcript class>>theme

by Mariano Martinez Peck

http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=4081 On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 7:51 PM, <csrabak(a)bol.com.br> wrote: > Both :-) > > The former as the issue gets documented. The latter as for present image > will not lead to an immediate action. . . > > -- > Cesar Rabak > > > Em 23/04/2011 14:29, Mariano Martinez Peck < marianopeck(a)gmail.com > > escreveu: > This happens just trying to open a Transcript > > Transcript class >> taskbarIcon > "Answer the icon for the receiver in a task bar." > > ^self theme smallLeftFlushIcon > > > So..should I open a ticket or it is not worth it since the plan is to come > back to the previous Transcript ? > > > -- > Mariano > http://marianopeck.wordpress.com > > > > -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

April 23, 2011

Re: [Pharo-project] is there a way to know whether an object is registered to an announcer?

by StÃ©phane Ducasse

> > hi guys >> >> >> is there a way to know whether an object is registered to an announcer? >> >> I propose >> >> isRegistering: anObject >> >> registry subscriptionsOf: anObject do: [:each | ^ true]. >> ^ false >> >> > > then more appropriate would be #hasSubscriber: yes much better. > May i ask why you need to test it? sure I'm trying to understand why I have 6 instances of RPackageOrganizer and also the code of cyrille. So knowing if a given instance is registered is important for me to debug and also to write some tests. > Usually you don't need to test who subscribed to what. And if you do, > then i suspect there are some design mistake. Exactly, still the API should let me do what I have to do when I need it. Stef > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko AKA sig. >

April 23, 2011

[Pharo-project] curl / http request

by Camillo Bruni

I am too dumb and there is too little documentation which is hard to find :). So can anyone tell me how I do the following bash thingy in pharo? curl $URL --data-binary $SOME_FILE -H 'Content-type:application/json' I don't manage to get this working properly. I guess HTTPSocket is the class to use... thanks a lot camillo

April 23, 2011

Re: [Pharo-project] MessageNotUnderstood: Transcript class>>theme

by csrabak＠bol.com.br

Both :-) The former as the issue gets documented. The latter as for present image will not lead to an immediate action. . . -- Cesar Rabak Em 23/04/2011 14:29, Mariano Martinez Peck < marianopeck(a)gmail.com > escreveu: This happens just trying to open a Transcript Transcript class >> taskbarIcon "Answer the icon for the receiver in a task bar." ^self theme smallLeftFlushIcon So..should I open a ticket or it is not worth it since the plan is to come back to the previous Transcript ? -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

April 23, 2011

Re: [Pharo-project] is there a way to know whether an object is registered to an announcer?

by csrabak＠bol.com.br

Is the expected number of registered objects be such that for present platform performance the O(n) worst case time to know the answer is OK? my 0.019999... -- Cesar Rabak Em 23/04/2011 07:58, StÃ©phane Ducasse < Stephane.Ducasse(a)inria.fr > escreveu: hi guys is there Â a way to know whether an object is registered to an announcer? I propose isRegistering: anObject registry subscriptionsOf: anObject Â do: [:each | ^ true]. ^ false stef

April 23, 2011

[Pharo-project] MessageNotUnderstood: Transcript class>>theme

by Mariano Martinez Peck

This happens just trying to open a Transcript Transcript class >> taskbarIcon "Answer the icon for the receiver in a task bar." ^self theme smallLeftFlushIcon So..should I open a ticket or it is not worth it since the plan is to come back to the previous Transcript ? -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

April 23, 2011