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Date:      Wed, 23 Aug 2006 01:58:15 +0400 (MSD)
From:      Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Florent Thoumie <flz@freebsd.org>, Wes Peters <wes@opensail.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man5 rc.conf.5 src/etc/rc.d Makefile mdconfig mdconfig2
Message-ID:  <20060823015642.L38724@woozle.rinet.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20060822171057.GA78986@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <200608211506.k7LF6cJH001832@repoman.freebsd.org> <1DE9D506-0C4B-4CE7-8944-DC4C8AE640C7@opensail.org> <20060822094353.GB48419@xor.obsecurity.org> <20060822094426.GA48626@xor.obsecurity.org> <20060822181126.N27449@woozle.rinet.ru> <20060822171057.GA78986@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote:

KK> > KK> > We should consider adding "-o reserve" to malloc-backed md creation
KK> > KK> > where applicable (e.g. the md-backed /tmp creation) to avoid bogus PRs
KK> > KK> > from people who run their kernels out of memory by filling up /tmp.
KK> > KK> 
KK> > KK> Oops, I forgot they were already (correctly) fixed to use swap backing
KK> > KK> (I think).
KK> > 
KK> > Not yet, the default is still -M.  I had a patch for this, based on vm.nswapdev 
KK> > value, to use malloc-backed md only on swapless machines:
KK> 
KK> What was the hold-up with committing it? :)

1. /me not being an src committer
2. nobody acts either as advocate or against...
3. changes in md rc.d config in -current...

Sincerely,
D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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