From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 19 03:50:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 650FD37B401 for ; Mon, 19 May 2003 03:50:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68CE643FB1 for ; Mon, 19 May 2003 03:50:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4JAoFUp001501 for ; Mon, 19 May 2003 03:50:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h4JAoFBq001499; Mon, 19 May 2003 03:50:15 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 03:50:15 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200305191050.h4JAoFBq001499@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Masachika ISHIZUKA Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1EF637B401 for ; Mon, 19 May 2003 03:48:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from onion.ish.org (onion.ish.org [219.118.161.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E2E643F85 for ; Mon, 19 May 2003 03:48:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ishizuka@ish.org) Received: from onion.ish.org (ishizuka@localhost [IPv6:::1]) h4JAmPaO068282 for ; Mon, 19 May 2003 19:48:25 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from ishizuka@onion.ish.org) Received: (from ishizuka@localhost) by onion.ish.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h4JAmPhM068281; Mon, 19 May 2003 19:48:25 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from ishizuka) Message-Id: <200305191048.h4JAmPhM068281@onion.ish.org> Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 19:48:25 +0900 (JST) From: Masachika ISHIZUKA To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: kern/52425: kern.maxvnodes cannot limit the number of vnodes in use X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Masachika ISHIZUKA List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 10:50:16 -0000 >Number: 52425 >Category: kern >Synopsis: kern.maxvnodes cannot limit the number of vnodes in use >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon May 19 03:50:14 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Masachika ISHIZUKA >Release: FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD test.ish.org 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0: Mon May 19 15:24:36 JST 2003 ishizuka@:/usr/src/sys/compile/test i386 CPU: Dual Xeon 2.4GHz RAM: 2GB OS: (1) FreeBSD 4.8R GENERIC kernel (2) Customized 4.8R kernel with SMP, APIC_IO, HTT and KVA_PAGES=512 options. >Description: I have mank a disk that has many (more than ten millions) hard links and /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate makes this machine slow down extremely. The usage of vnode is as follows. kern.maxvnodes: 134882 kern.minvnodes: 33720 debug.numvnodes: 375907 debug.wantfreevnodes: 25 debug.freevnodes: 27046 I think kern.maxvnodes should limit the debug.numvnodes. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: