[R] Mediation analysis takes up all RAM, then all swap, and then RStudio/terminal suddenly closes

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On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 8:38 AM Philips Roger <thebudget72 using gmail.com> wrote:

> I am using the mediation <https://cran.r-project.org/package=mediation>
> package to run a mediation analysis.
>
> But when I call the `mediate` function, R eats up all RAM, then it eats
> up all swap, and then RStudio suddenly closes.
>
> The same happens if I call `Rscript` from the terminal, and the terminal
> suddenly closes.
>
> Here is measures for RAM and swap. Notice the peaks:
>
> RAM diagnostics
>
> I have Fedora Worstation 24.
>
> This happens BOTH with the R 4.0.5 that uses Open BLAS provided in the
> Fedora repository, and a custom R 4.1.0 I compiled from source linked
> against Intel MKL.
>
> It doesn't seem to happen every time, some times (rarely), the RAM stays
> constant (around 40/50%) and it works (it takes a long time through).
>
> What is the cause of this? How can I debug?
>
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