Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 19:25:22 +0100 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'kern.maxpipekva exceeded' messages... Message-ID: <xzpptd5mep9.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20040127110040.O4636@odysseus.silby.com> (Mike Silbersack's message of "Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:55:56 -0600 (CST)") References: <20040119233546.S39477@odysseus.silby.com> <xzpznc9tzgz.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20040127101910.P4636@odysseus.silby.com> <xzpr7xl8i1a.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20040127110040.O4636@odysseus.silby.com>
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Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> writes: > There is a limit, no single pipe can grow beyond BIG_PIPE_SIZE, which is > presently defined as 64K. Well, unless there is a leak, of course. :) The backup script uses exactly *one* pipe (between dump and ssh), and that one pipe seems to make all the difference between using barely 300 kB pipe kva, and hitting the 8 MB limit... > Is it really crashing? That's not supposed to happen. :( Yes, it crashes when it runs out of pipekva. I wasn't there when it happened, but I did get a frantic phone call asking what to do :| > [snip lots of useful details and suggestions] I'll see what I can do; with a little luck I'll have initial patches ready over the weekend. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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