vsz_limit is 18,447 PB

[Robert L Mathews]

On 9/8/14 3:38 PM, Jiri Bourek wrote:> Hm, I can only guess (someone
with more knowledge of dovecot source code
> probably knows better), but it seems like that value is magic number for
> "not set". My doveconf outputs the same thing on services which don't
> have vsz_limit set explicitly, but when I list /proc/[pid]/limits on
> such a service, the row called "Max address space" (which is - AFAIK -
> limit on vsz) shows 2GB, a value of default_vsz_limit setting.
>
> I'd say don't overthink it, just put explicit vsz_limit = 512M into
> service imap section (if your machine's RAM allows) and be done with it.

Right. According to my notes from when I upgraded to 2.x,
"18446744073709551615" means it's not set and that the default_vsz_limit
will apply, which is 256 MB.

To avoid the problem the original poster had, I used:

 default_vsz_limit = 1 G

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