Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 10 May 1996 04:24:35 -0700
From:      David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
To:        Scanner SOD <scanner@webspan.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: mbuf's 
Message-ID:  <199605101124.EAA04219@Root.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 09 May 1996 21:21:47 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.91.960509212000.609A-100000@orion.webspan.net> 

index | next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail

>flame me off the list for not paying attention i wasnt really concerned 
>about mbufs till i saw while watching their status that they got up to 
>90% used. What happens if mbufs get 100% used does the machine die? 
>services get refused?
>I dont think this came up in the list lately on the mbuf subject but im 
>not sure.

   No, the "% used" refers to the amount used of those that have been malloced
from the kernel. The kernel will malloc more when the 100% is reached.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project


help

Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199605101124.EAA04219>