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Date:      Mon, 6 May 2002 15:13:46 -0700
From:      Paul Saab <ps@mu.org>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
Message-ID:  <20020506221346.GA268@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <3CD6B7E1.F1616DDE@mindspring.com>
References:  <20020506111950.T50903-100000@fw.cgn.icom> <3CD6B7E1.F1616DDE@mindspring.com>

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Terry Lambert (tlambert2@mindspring.com) wrote:
> Bogdan TARU wrote:
> >  (1 zillion x) swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
> > 
> >  Could you tell me why I do get this? We're talking about a very idle
> > machine, used only for development (CVS + postgresql + about 16 httpd
> > apaches -- MaxClients). RAM: 512, Swap 512. I've never seen more than 12MB
> > of swap in use. And, more puzzling: why do I get this in sysctl, and not
> > in a log?
> 
> See /var/log/messages and/or "dmesg" and/or look at your console.
> 
> The reason you get these messages is that you are out of kernel
> virtual address space to provide mappings for swap.
> 
> 512M + 512M = 1G... how big is your KVA?

What are you smoking?  The machine is out of swap space, not KVA.


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