From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 10 19:49:33 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B90116A41F for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:49:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (adsl-63-193-123-122.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.193.123.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFF1043D48 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:49:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j9AJnWZu059460 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:49:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david@bunrab.catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j9AJnW2c059459 for stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:49:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:49:32 -0700 From: David Wolfskill To: stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20051010194932.GT47561@bunrab.catwhisker.org> Mail-Followup-To: David Wolfskill , stable@freebsd.org References: <20051010020729.GA56351@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <200510110025.34765.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> <200510101103.50546.bkelly@vadev.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200510101103.50546.bkelly@vadev.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: Subject: Re: 5.x: how do I get a *swap*-backed /tmp via rc.conf? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:49:33 -0000 On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 11:03:50AM -0400, Ben Kelly wrote: > On Monday 10 October 2005 10:55 am, Malcolm Kay wrote: > .... > > These paramaters are used by the startup script /etc/rc.d/tmp > > which calls mount_md defined in /etc/rc.subr which specifically > > adds the _M (malloc) option to the mdmfs call. > > > > You'll need to invoke your own script (or; not so nice; > > edit rc.subr). > > Is there a reason not to use the ramdisk_* knobs? This seems to work for me: > > ramdisk_units="10 11" > > # tmp > ramdisk_10_config="-t swap -s 256m" > ramdisk_10_perms="1777" > > # mimedefang spool > ramdisk_11_config="-t swap -s 192m" > ramdisk_11_owner="mailnull" > ramdisk_11_perms="700" >... Well, other than the point that I'm not seeing those knobs, as Lowell Gilbert pointed out (in response to my original message), the "-M" flag was moved from src/etc/rc.subr to the tmpmfs_flags and varmfs_flags variables in src/etc/defaults/rc.conf in HEAD (on 24 Aug), and that change was MFCed to RELENG_6 on 28 Aug. I filed a PR, bin/87218 about 3 hours ago, in which I requested that the change in question also be MFCed to RELENG_5. I have, in fact, tested the implementation of the change for RELENG_5, and it both allows the specification of a swap-backed /tmp (while preserving the default behavior) and when I put the modified RELENG_5 box (with the swap-, rather than malloc-backed /tmp) under a superset of the load that crashed it yesterday, it performed without a problem. This would seem to be a Good Thing. And I don't see a downside to the requested MFC for RELENG_5. Peace, david -- David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Prediction is difficult, especially if it involves the future. -- Niels Bohr See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for public key.