Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:25:09 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, oberman@es.net Subject: Re: another error with md malloc based fs Message-ID: <200703231725.l2NHP9EM009711@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20070323164133.59FCB45047@ptavv.es.net>
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Kevin Oberman wrote: > I thought the warning in the man page was adequate (until 7.0 changes > the default to swap backed), but, at least in Michael's case, I guess I > was wrong. I guess the man page need to somehow make it clear that the > memory used by malloc backed mds is a very limited resource. I think it's not necessarily only the language barrier, but the fact that not everyone is familiar with technical terms and details. I guess that many people don't know what "swap-backed" means exactly. I also think that the name "malloc" is badly chosen in that context ... even a (userland) programmer might confuse it with malloc(3), which is quite a different thing. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution." -- Robert Sewell
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