Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 19:22:51 -0700 (PDT) From: btman@lionking.org To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: kern/4609: Heavy HTTP load causes "out of memory buffers" and crash Message-ID: <199709230222.TAA08843@hub.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199709230230.TAA09238@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4609 >Category: kern >Synopsis: Heavy HTTP load causes "out of memory buffers" and crash >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Sep 22 19:30:01 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Brian Tiemann >Organization: Packeteer >Release: 2.2.2-RELEASE >Environment: FreeBSD freebsd1.packeteer.com 2.2.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Thu Sep 11 21:35:29 PDT 1997 (GENERIC kernel) httpd: Apache/1.2.4 (standard dist. config) P/MMX-166, Intel HX chipset, 64MB RAM, Matrox Millennium, WD 2.1GB IDE HD, 8x Mitsumi ATAPI CD-ROM, PS/2 mouse, 3com 3C905revA NIC >Description: On extremely high (i.e. testing/benchmarking) loads of HTTP traffic, the system will crash with errors of "Out of memory buffers". This occurs at load levels tolerable by Linux, etc. CPU load at crash is unremarkable (~0.6). >How-To-Repeat: Direct HTTP traffic at high levels (up to and exceeding 6Mbits/sec) to the server, using WebPest or similar. >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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