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Date:      Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:01:25 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: kern/87255: Large malloc-backed mfs crashes the system
Message-ID:  <20060819200125.GA36605@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <200607201500.k6KF0dSu006447@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <200607201500.k6KF0dSu006447@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 03:00:39PM +0000, Yar Tikhiy wrote:

>  Perhaps md(4) shouldn't over-commit in malloc mode?  It will waste
>  precious physical memory, but malloc mode is supposed to.

Use -o reserve, per the manpage.

Kris

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