[pkg-go] Bug#852959: Bug#852959: prometheus FTBFS on armhf: github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage/local fails

[Adrian Bunk]

On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 03:59:45PM -0300, Martín Ferrari wrote:
> On 28/01/17 11:58, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > Source: prometheus
> > Version: 1.5.0+ds-1
> > Severity: serious
> > 
> > https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=prometheus&arch=armhf&ver=1.5.0%2Bds-1&stamp=1485604675&raw=0
> 
> As it can be seen in the log:
> 
> runtime: out of memory: cannot allocate 4194304-byte block (2680815616
> in use)
> fatal error: out of memory
> 
> Yesterday I'd asked for a give back, since in the previous attempt the
> tests timed out. I can't reproduce this on the abel porterbox, and it
> seems to me like a problem of a very busy buildd more than any bug in
> the package.

AFAIK the buildds are building one package at a time,
and the machines where prometheus failed have 4 GB RAM.

"2680815616 in use", that is 2.6 GB.

You have only 3 GB address space in userspace,
and I'd guess that is the limit you hit.

Is this test expected to use huge amounts of memory?

cu
Adrian

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