From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 10 00:20:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0098B37B401 for ; Sat, 10 May 2003 00:20:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F78143FB1 for ; Sat, 10 May 2003 00:20:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4A7KFUp091799 for ; Sat, 10 May 2003 00:20:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h4A7KFTV091798; Sat, 10 May 2003 00:20:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 00:20:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200305100720.h4A7KFTV091798@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" Subject: Re: kern/51015: kernel panic while using dirhash at ~3000 directories like mailboxes X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Ted Mittelstaedt List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 07:20:16 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/51015; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: , Cc: Subject: Re: kern/51015: kernel panic while using dirhash at ~3000 directories like mailboxes Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 00:10:45 -0700 Kernel option "maxusers 0" which is the default in the GENERIC kernel is insufficient for many high-use servers. Set maxusers to 256 in the kernel config file and recompile the kernel and set maxusers to 256 and test again. You may also want to play with the UFS_DIRHASH option Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com