From owner-freebsd-stable Fri May 10 04:24:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-stable Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA10820 for stable-outgoing; Fri, 10 May 1996 04:24:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA10815 for ; Fri, 10 May 1996 04:24:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Root.COM (8.7.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id EAA04219; Fri, 10 May 1996 04:24:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199605101124.EAA04219@Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.Root.COM: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Scanner SOD cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mbuf's In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 09 May 1996 21:21:47 EDT." From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 04:24:35 -0700 Sender: owner-stable@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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