Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:45:31 +0000 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: swap_pager complaints but not using swap Message-ID: <497B9A0B.50305@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <497B87E7.6020601@gmail.com> References: <200901240556.FAA20764@sopwith.solgatos.com> <497AEAAD.6020701@FreeBSD.org> <497B87E7.6020601@gmail.com>
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Tim Judd wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: >> Dieter wrote: >>> AMD64 FreeBSD 7.0 2 GiB main memory >>> >>> My console says: >>> >>> login: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: bufobj: 0, blkno: 22, >>> size: 4096 >>> swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: bufobj: 0, blkno: 22, size: 4096 >>> swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: bufobj: 0, blkno: 22, size: 4096 >>> swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: bufobj: 0, blkno: 22, size: 4096 >>> >>> pstat -sk >>> Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity >>> /dev/ad6s10 4590208 96 4590112 0% >>> >>> Wow, using a whole 96K of swap. I don't see any disk related >>> complaints in dmesg. >>> >>> Is this something to worry about? >> >> Yes, the system was *trying* to do swap I/O and timing out while doing >> so. >> >> Kris >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > isn't swapspace supposed to be on a 'b' partition? Are you using swap > on a slice 10? how is that possible when the i386/amd64 BIOS can't see > more than 4 primary partitions? > > Kris, would you mind giving input to this? How can there be a s10, and > how can you add swapspace to a device that isn't a partition 'b' nor a > file backed swapspace? Those were the only two ways I thought was > supported for swap. > > Dieter, does my questions above sound to be a correct interpretation of > your disk setup? swap can be put anywhere thesedays (post-FreeBSD 4.x), even on things that are not even simple disk devices. Kris
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