Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:40:02 GMT From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/118955: googleearth causes panic in 7.0-BETA4/i386 - kmem_malloc/kmem_map too small Message-ID: <200712261540.lBQFe2pj066060@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/118955; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Martin Etteldorf <etteldor@mail.be> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/118955: googleearth causes panic in 7.0-BETA4/i386 - kmem_malloc/kmem_map too small Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:36:14 +0100 Martin Etteldorf wrote: > Kris, > >> Your kernel ran out of memory. Increase the vm.kmem_size tunable in >> /boot/loader.conf (it usually defaults to 300*1024*1024 = 314572800) >> until the problem goes away. If the problem persists even with a large >> kmem_map there might be a memory leak in the kernel. > > Thanks for your help. I increased the vm.kmem_size gradually in 25% steps > and after I reached 200% of the default value (671088640), the problem went > away. > > Shouldn't I modify vm.kmem_size_max as well? It's currently still at its > default value, which is 335544320. That is just used for auto-tuning and is overridden when you set kmem_size by hand, I think. Kris
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