Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 09:40:12 -0700 (PDT) From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/53350: fill up a malloc md-disk on 5.1-R causes panic Message-ID: <200306151640.h5FGeCPH085089@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/53350; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Jason Kuri <jay@oneway.com> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/53350: fill up a malloc md-disk on 5.1-R causes panic Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 18:35:05 +0200 In message <FC408487-9F4E-11D7-B102-00039398BAE0@oneway.com>, Jason Kuri writes : >Hi there, > >That makes sense... but hold on a sec. > >I have 256M of ram, and try to use 110M for malloc-disk, and my machine >panics? That seems awfully broken to me. Notice I said "Kernel mapped memory". That's usually on the order of 1/3 or your RAM. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.help
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