From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Oct 13 13: 3:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from jade.chc-chimes.com (jade.chc-chimes.com [216.28.46.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE6E037B502 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:03:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by jade.chc-chimes.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 110A41C79; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 16:03:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 16:03:27 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola To: David Greenman Cc: Antony T Curtis , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mbuf leakage on 4.1.1-STABLE Message-ID: <20001013160326.Q37870@jade.chc-chimes.com> References: <39E6C9E3.FAFF6C47@abacus.co.uk> <200010130859.BAA10082@implode.root.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200010130859.BAA10082@implode.root.com>; from dg@root.com on Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 01:59:46AM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 01:59:46AM -0700, David Greenman wrote: > >> 312 Kbytes allocated to network (92% in use) > >> ^^^^^^^^^^ > > Perhaps I should have spoken up earlier, but none of these reports has > indicated a problem. The "92%" above is the percent of buffers that have been > allocated and are currently in-use. The system allocates more when the pool > runs out. The % in use is essentially a useless number that shouldn't even > be reported because it just causes confusion about what it means. Perhaps we should change the message to "%d%% of those in use". -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc. billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message