From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 24 01:10:19 2004 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 08D2B16A4CF for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 01:10:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01F5943D45 for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 01:10:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i3O8AIbv018613 for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 01:10:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i3O8AIeK018611; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 01:10:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 01:10:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200404240810.i3O8AIeK018611@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: kern/64971: A squid process larger than 3G X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Kris Kennaway List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 08:10:19 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/64971; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kris Kennaway To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: kern/64971: A squid process larger than 3G Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 01:04:36 -0700 ----- Forwarded message from Kris Kennaway ----- X-Original-To: kris@obsecurity.org Delivered-To: kkenn@obsecurity.dyndns.org Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 01:01:24 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Kris Kennaway Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/64971: A squid process larger than 3G In-Reply-To: <200404010200.i3120e8s065381@freefall.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Bogosity: No, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=0.17.5 On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 06:00:40PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > What you described is not squid crashing, but init. > > It sounds like you've adjusted the kernel parameters inappropriately, > and that's what you need to fix. I don't know the solution off-hand, > but check the mailing list archives for extensive discussion on how to > tune kernel parameters for large-memory configurations. > > Be aware that what you're trying to do may be impossible - i.e. if you > really need 3GB of RAM for squid, it sounds like it's being heavily > used, and may therefore also require a lot of kernel memory to manage > the network resources.q If you need more than 1GB of kernel memory, > you're out of luck with only 4GB total. Did you resolve this problem? Kris ----- End forwarded message -----