Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 10:00:30 -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: <200306151700.h5FH0Uub085845@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 18:56:28 +0200 In message <A228C296-9F51-11D7-B102-00039398BAE0@oneway.com>, Jason Kuri writes : >Ok, so speaking practically, how do I deal with this issue? I have a >script that needs to be able to cache directories in ram... You add more RAM or change the fraction of RAM assigned to KVM. I can't remember if this is documented somewhere. mdconfig(8) would have a hard time being able to tell when to reject a request, and for testing purposes, it is a very convenient thing to be able to create 1TB devices (and this works, as long as you don't fill it with more data than you have KVM to). -- 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.
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