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Date:      Mon, 2 Apr 2012 16:52:19 +0100
From:      Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
To:        jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run?
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On 2 Apr 2012 16:47, "jb" <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> jb <jb.1234abcd <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> > ...
>
> Chuck Burns break19@gmail.com
>
> 1:01 AM (16 hours ago)
>
> My experiences with using tmpfs as /tmp
> --
> It works fine. until it doesn't.
>
> I've had mountpoints run out of space, checked df and the mountpoint had
been
> reduced to something like 2 MiB TOTAL, with nothing free.. on a machine
with
> 8GiB RAM.. however, rebooting restores the mount to around 2GiB.. but
then after
> some heavy usage, the mountpoint once again starts shrinking in size.
>
> I've noticed this behavior in multiple versions of FreeBSD, and switched
to
> using md instead, with no more issues.
>
> I'm not willing to use tmpfs until it's proven to be more stable than it
was
> when I was using it.
>
> -----------
>
> Chuck,
> plz check your posting to the list (I received it, which I reposted here).
> jb
>
>

This is a known issue with ZFS.  Is that your case?

Chris



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