From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 2 15:52:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BBEC1065675 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2012 15:52:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A41658FC19 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2012 15:52:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkcjc3 with SMTP id jc3so3062459bkc.13 for ; Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:52:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=Lc4Z55jo7E1Wmpz/49OKRHYovYjb37BCSP+7m0zw6JY=; b=RXwA0aNCp5trW7sPSUBcnOl6LhI3eqW5fU4fFOCl634J+r4hS5SiZ05IIvjjEJW61g SyRbdN1VrCE4VdzdC6EFFLql90ztwTfAumFTsfnDXc0zJKn9h5kzcaQCOYDgJUDcJXqc iVZIWuavjzKpe6nqAmMpGr2kiTH6PqVsk25zzKf1yPfagGDtLPimkjPVB9j+S9Y/787/ ApnSgpGS0jsn//OgHvyLjkc7E1J5LqTDThbPIy0cOiYSIrAaIaVPZBle69i2NS2JuDYn phnytnCOMOevNPLtaRiq/S75VKxOKBAf7FMbX3JYZDScZi8nBXtM68/CtamQSkiowbUg AjeQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.205.129.137 with SMTP id hi9mr3937563bkc.131.1333381939643; Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:52:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.202.142 with HTTP; Mon, 2 Apr 2012 08:52:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.202.142 with HTTP; Mon, 2 Apr 2012 08:52:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4F746F1E.6090702@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4F74BCE8.2030802@vangyzen.net> <20120330.151848.41706133.sthaug@nethelp.no> <4F765682.5040707@gmail.com> <20120401134025.GC76647@in-addr.com> <20120401161504.49003b73@linux-wb36.example.org> Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 16:52:19 +0100 Message-ID: From: Chris Rees To: jb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:52:21 -0000 On 2 Apr 2012 16:47, "jb" wrote: > > jb 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