Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:51:32 -0700 From: "Andrew Kinney" <andykinney@advantagecom.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: vmstat counter "bug" Message-ID: <3F28E6A4.22314.2255664F@localhost>
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Hello,
I'm sure this is probably just a limitation of the variable type used,
but when we run a 'vmstat -m' on our 4.8-RELEASE machine, we
get a negative integer on the "Requests" section of the memory
totals.
Memory Totals: In Use Free Requests
123946K 30979K -1730834065
That negative integer is incrementing towards zero.
This is a dual processor machine with 4GB of physical RAM and is
running an SMP kernel.
This machine pushes about 1TB a month and is used heavily as a
web/email/database server, so it naturally puts big numbers
through all parts of the OS. Its been running without reboot for 3
months straight now.
Is this worth submitting a PR for or is it one of those issues that
would sit in the PR db for 7 years because nobody cares?
I found the following related PR:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/30360
open for almost 2 years
It's definitely a non-critical issue, but a little "spit and polish"
wouldn't hurt.
Sincerely,
Andrew Kinney
President and
Chief Technology Officer
Advantagecom Networks, Inc.
http://www.advantagecom.net
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