Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:30:55 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Dominique Goncalves <dominique.goncalves@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/87255: [md] [panic] large malloc-backed mfs crashes the system Message-ID: <20060819203054.GJ36605@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200607201230.k6KCULh4092984@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200607201230.k6KCULh4092984@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 12:30:21PM +0000, Dominique Goncalves wrote: > The following reply was made to PR kern/87255; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: "Dominique Goncalves" <dominique.goncalves@gmail.com> > To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, yar@comp.chem.msu.su > Cc: > Subject: Re: kern/87255: [md] [panic] large malloc-backed mfs crashes the system > Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:28:52 +0200 > > Hi, > > On a recent FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #11: Tue Jul 18 11:12:05 CEST 2006, I > can also reproduce this panic. It's a bit annoying because I use > FreeBSD with freesbie2 on USB keys. > > What's the status of this issue ? Per other followup to the PR, it's not really a bug, more that md is being used incorrectly. Use swap backing or -o reserve to avoid panics when you run your kernel out of memory. Kris
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