Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 08:38:55 -0500 From: Randy Terbush <randy@zyzzyva.com> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: Scanner SOD <scanner@webspan.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mbuf's Message-ID: <199605101338.IAA22478@sierra.zyzzyva.com> In-Reply-To: tom's message of Thu, 09 May 1996 21:41:57 -0700. <Pine.BSF.3.91.960509213929.18259E-100000@haven.uniserve.com>
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> > On Thu, 9 May 1996, Scanner SOD wrote: > > > > > 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? > > No. If usage goes to a 100% more clusters are allocated. If there is > no more kernel space for more clusters, you will get a "mb_map full" > log message, and some traffic will be lost. > > Tom -stable will panic shortly after the max kernel space is reached. I mailed a backtrace of this a couple days ago.
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