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Subject: Re: Swap leak in -current?
In-Reply-To: <199701031705.MAA16222@dyson.iquest.net> from "John S. Dyson" at "Jan 3, 97 12:05:33 pm"
To: toor@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson)
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 17:32:48 +0100 (MET)
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John S. Dyson writes:
>>  I've just failed a 'make world' for the second time after running out
>>  of swap space.  I don't understand why: it looks like the make process
>>  is using up swap at a ridiculous rate.  Here's the scenario:  Pentium
>>  133 with 64 MB of memory, a hungry X server using about a third of
>>  this, two swap spaces with a total of 150 MB.
>>
> Just updated -current kernel -- use that.  I broke it (with an optimization :-().

I included all CTM patches up to and including 2888:

FreeBSD freebie.lemis.de 3.0-CURRENT-ctm-2888 FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT-ctm-2888 #167: Sat Jan  4 11:21:26 MET 1997     grog@freebie.lemis.de:/src/FREEBIE/sys/compile/FREEBIE  i386

The problem still occurs.  I'll try the alternative you describe in
the other message and report.

Greg