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Subject: Mbuf Question
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Hey

Just a quick question, we have a bsd box that is running out of mbufs, its
just constantly increasing and we cant quite shut down a process at a time
to find the cause since its a live box.

So what i would like to know, is, is it possible to code a program to see
how many mbufs are allocated to which program and find the one using them
all up?
Or is that not at all possible?

If it is possible, could you put me in the right direction to accomplish
this and the libraries or functions i might need to read/learn?

Thanx
Cole/Stalker