DF-5815 control vs attack (identical unprivileged hog: 3400MB anon, 60s, uid 1001) ============================================================================== CONTROL vm.max_launder=4076 (stock) swap pager pageouts : 205 -> 39047 (laundering works) hog : "hog done (61s)" (completed) ssh : alive for the whole run + afterwards console : zero "Continuous paging" lines recovery : fre rebounds, counters advance ATTACK vm.max_launder=-32 (root sysctl write) run #1: swap pager pageouts : frozen at 205 (NOTHING laundered) daemon counters : frozen (no wakeups/examined/freed deltas under pressure; at exhaustion: pass grows forever) console : "pagedaemon: WARNING! Continuous paging for 1 minutes" x5 (one per minute, indefinite) ssh : "Connection timed out during banner exchange" 6+ minutes; vm.sh status => down; only a hard reset recovers (panic_wedge_console.txt) run #2 (deliberate): sysctl -32 at 03:38:48, hog 03:38:49; ssh dead and 3x warning by ~03:41 (attack2_console.txt) MATH (vm_pageout.c:828-836, vm_max_launder = -32, PQ_L2_SIZE = 64): max_launder = -32/64 = 0 ; (0 + 9)/10 = 0 ; floor -> 1 cap test: 1 >= -32/16 = -2 -> TRUE max_launder = -2 + 1 = -1 -> per-queue budget NEGATIVE => vm_pageout_page() laundering branch (:1171, '*max_launderp > 0') can never be entered; dirty pages are never cleaned by the daemon.