Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 15:32:23 +0200 (CEST) From: Andre Albsmeier <Andre.Albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: vm problems on 2.2, 2.1.7 works Message-ID: <199705261332.PAA00832@curry.mchp.siemens.de>
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Hi, I am running FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE on a 32MB system. When using procmail to deliver large mails, procmail dies with a "out of memory" message. After that, the system is either in an undefined state (producing messages as "junk pointer, too low to make sense.") or freezes completely. When running a high priority "top" in another window, I see the swap being used growing constantly until all of it is used. This is reproducable on different HW. However, on 2.1.7 systems everything works great. Here are some results from my tests: System Version RAM SWAP Mail Size Status ============================================================== 486-66 2.1.7 12M 20M 8M/12M/16M OK 486-120 2.1.7 20M 72M 8M/12M/16M OK PPro-200 2.1.7 64M 300M 8M/12M/16M OK PPro-200 2.2 64M 300M 8M/12M OK PPro-200 2.2 64M 300M 16M FAIL P5-166 2.2 32M 150M 8M/12M/16M FAIL P5-166 2.2 64M 150M 8M/12M OK P5-166 2.2 64M 150M 16M FAIL I suspect a problem in the vm system in 2.2 but have no idea how to fix it. However, I (and others, who confirmed it via email) can reproduce it... So if I should try something, tell me. Thanks for any hints -Andre
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