[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#956211: Bug#956211: Bug#956211: [Re: nodejs 10 segfaults when running webpack on gitlab 12.9.2]

[Pirate Praveen]

Control: reassign -1 gitlab
Control: tags -1 -wontfix

On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 12:32 am, Pirate Praveen 
<praveen at onenetbeyond.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 8:58 pm, Jérémy Lal <kapouer at melix.org> 
> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Le ven. 10 avr. 2020 à 20:50, Pirate Praveen 
>> <praveen at onenetbeyond.org> a écrit :
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 7:35 pm, Jérémy Lal <kapouer at melix.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>>  > Package: nodejs
>>>  > Version: 10.19.0~dfsg-3
>>>  > Followup-For: Bug #956211
>>>  >
>>>  > Pirate, i repeat, please try
>>>  >
>>>  > webpack --max-old-space-size=4096
>>>  >
>>>  > Or even a higher value. If it works, it's up to gitlab to use 
>>> that
>>>  > flag.
>>>  >
>>> 
>>>  root at gitlab-buster:/usr/share/gitlab# runuser -u ${gitlab_user} --
>>> sh
>>>  -c 'webpack --max-old-space-size=8192 --config 
>>> config/webpack.config.js'
>>> 
>>>  I tried 4096, 6144, 8192, 16384 and all failed. How much higher 
>>> should
>>>  I go?
>> 
>> Not further :)
>> However then maybe that flag has no effect.
>> Another way to pass the flag is by setting the environment variable:
>> NODE_OPTIONS="–max-old-space-size=2048"
>> Then again, runuser need to be told to handle this correctly.
>> 
> 
> I will try this, probably tomorrow.
> 

runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c 
'NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=2048" webpack 
--max-old-space-size=16384 --config config/webpack.config.js'

This worked. Thanks a lot.

>>> 
>>>  > Nodejs applications using high memory must use that kind of
>>>  > workaround.
>>> 
>>>  I was also exploring if excluding system libraries from 
>>> babel-loader
>>>  reduces memory footprint.
>> 
>> Yep, i saw that.
>> Can you give me a quick way to reproduce the OOM error ?
>> 
> If you are okay setting up gitlab from experimental on an lxc or vm 
> then instructions are here https://wiki.debian.org/gitlab
> 
> Else I can set it up on a test VPS and give you access, possibly 
> tomorrow.
> 
>> Jérémy
> 
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