How can I handle the scenario of excessive usage of dev/shm and his can I disable it?

In the context of selenium, here you might approach this particular issue:-

Investigation of dev/shm usage

First, you would need to check the current usage of /dev/shm so that you can confirm if it is causing memory constraints or not.

  Identify process using /dev/shm

Now you can identify which processes are utilizing this function extensively. You can use the following command for this:-

“1sof +d /dev/shm”

Disable /dev/shm usage

If you want to disable the usage of /dev/shm then you can do so by modifying the etc/fstab file.

Here is the example given of how you can write a shell script for automating the process of investigation of /dev/shm:-

#!/bin/bash

# Function to check /dev/shm usage

Check_shm_usage() {

    Echo “Checking /dev/shm usage…”

    Df -h /dev/shm

}

# Function to list processes using /dev/shm

List_processes_using_shm() {

    Echo “Processes using /dev/shm:”

    Lsof +d /dev/shm

}

# Function to disable /dev/shm usage

Disable_shm_usage() {

    Echo “Disabling /dev/shm usage…”

    # Commenting out the line related to /dev/shm in /etc/fstab

    Sed -I ‘//dev/shm/s/^/#/’ /etc/fstab

    Echo “Rebooting the system…”

    Reboot

}

# Main script

Echo “Starting investigation of /dev/shm usage…”

Check_shm_usage

List_processes_using_shm

Read -p “Do you want to disable /dev/shm usage? (y/n): “ answer

If [ “$answer” = “y” ]; then

    Disable_shm_usage

Else

    Echo “Exiting script.”

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Here is the example given in python programming language:-

Import subprocess

Import os

# Function to check /dev/shm usage

Def check_shm_usage():

    Print(“Checking /dev/shm usage…”)

    Subprocess.run([“df”, “-h”, “/dev/shm”])

# Function to list processes using /dev/shm

Def list_processes_using_shm():

    Print(“Processes using /dev/shm:”)

    Subprocess.run([“lsof”, “+d”, “/dev/shm”])

# Function to disable /dev/shm usage

Def disable_shm_usage():

    Print(“Disabling /dev/shm usage…”)

    # Commenting out the line related to /dev/shm in /etc/fstab

    Os.system(“sed -I ‘//dev/shm/s/^/#/’ /etc/fstab”)

    Print(“Rebooting the system…”)

    Os.system(“reboot”)

# Main function

Def main():

    Print(“Starting investigation of /dev/shm usage…”)

    Check_shm_usage()

    List_processes_using_shm()

    Answer = input(“Do you want to disable /dev/shm usage? (y/n): “)

    If answer.lower() == “y”:

        Disable_shm_usage()

    Else:

        Print(“Exiting script.”)

If __name__ == “__main__”:

    Main()

You can also use the “processBuilder” of java programming language to execute the shell command similar for what we did in the previous example:-

Import java.io.BufferedReader;

Import java.io.IOException;

Import java.io.InputStreamReader;

Public class DevShmManager {

    // Function to check /dev/shm usage

    Public static void checkShmUsage() throws IOException {

        System.out.println(“Checking /dev/shm usage…”);

        ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(“df”, “-h”, “/dev/shm”);

        Process process = pb.start();

        // Read process output

        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));

        String line;

        While ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {

            System.out.println(line);

        }

    }

    // Function to list processes using /dev/shm

    Public static void listProcessesUsingShm() throws IOException {

        System.out.println(“Processes using /dev/shm:”);

        ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(“lsof”, “+d”, “/dev/shm”);

        Process process = pb.start();

        // Read process output

        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));

        String line;

        While ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {

            System.out.println(line);

        }

    }

    // Function to disable /dev/shm usage (simulated for demonstration)

    Public static void disableShmUsage() {

        System.out.println(“Disabling /dev/shm usage…”);

        // Simulated action – print message

        System.out.println(“Comment out the relevant line in /etc/fstab and reboot the system.”);

    }

    Public static void main(String[] args) {

        Try {

            System.out.println(“Starting investigation of /dev/shm usage…”);

            checkShmUsage();

            listProcessesUsingShm();

            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

            System.out.print(“Do you want to disable /dev/shm usage? (y/n): “);

            String answer = br.readLine();

            If (answer.equalsIgnoreCase(“y”)) {

                disableShmUsage();

            } else {

                System.out.println(“Exiting program.”);

            }

        } catch (IOException e) {

            System.err.println(“Error: “ + e.getMessage());

        }

    }

}