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Date:      Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:52:46 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        Seigo Tanimura <tanimura@r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, Seigo Tanimura <tanimura@nkth.carrots.uucp.r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Subject:   Re: reclaiming v_data of free vnodes
Message-ID:  <3C7A87FE.6A02E830@mindspring.com>
References:  <200202231556.g1NFu9N9040749@silver.carrots.uucp.r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <200202242041.g1OKfXt95731@apollo.backplane.com> <200202250325.g1P3PVN9092431@silver.carrots.uucp.r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <200202250444.g1P4i8X29005@apollo.backplane.com> <200202251437.g1PEb12R001419@bunko> <3C7A5D24.E11A6693@mindspring.com> <200202251754.g1PHsTs50126@apollo.backplane.com>

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Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :Seigo Tanimura wrote:
> :> One question before increasing kern.vm.kmem.size: why does ffs not use
> :> the zone allocator for inodes?
> :
> :It doesn't need to, so it doesn't.
> 
>     I supose it could.  It doesn't for historical reasons and also probably
>     because the size of an 'inode' depends on the filesystem.  How many new
>     zones do you want to wind up with?

It doesn't because it's a bad idea to precommit KVA space
when there isn't an architectural requirement for it.

-- Terry

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