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Date:      Sun, 23 Oct 2005 05:29:16 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Vladimir Sharun <sharun@ukr.net>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kmem_malloc(4096): kmem_map too small: 536870912 total allocated
Message-ID:  <20051023092915.GA6596@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20051023090526.GA97612@dun.ukr.net>
References:  <20051023074342.GA97095@dun.ukr.net> <20051023080622.GA76867@xor.obsecurity.org> <20051023090526.GA97612@dun.ukr.net>

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On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 12:05:26PM +0300, Vladimir Sharun wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >> We have 2xOpteron/2Gb RAM server with extrensive disk load. Every week or two
> >> it suddenly hangs with "kmem_malloc(4096): kmem_map too small 335bla-bla allocated". 
> >> I look onto handbook and put vm.kmem_size_max="536870912" onto /boot/loader.conf.
> >> Today was the same with the new parameters. Is there any other solutions ?
> 
>  KK> If that's not enough, try making it larger.
> 
> The second issue: I can't set it too high: 700M and more result to kernel panic
> during boot. 600M is acceptable.

That probably indicates you're running close to the point where you
need more RAM in your system.

Kris

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