From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 4 04:47:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA27257 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 04:47:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp4.portal.net.au [202.12.71.104]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA27249 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 04:47:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA00704; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 04:41:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812041241.EAA00704@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Bruce Evans cc: scrappy@hub.org, ventrex.freebsd@UNDER.suspicion.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syslogd@hub messages being broadcast... In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 04 Dec 1998 20:17:05 +1100." <199812040917.UAA16573@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 04:41:51 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >I usually see that when swap is about to completely fill up and the system > >is on it's way to a downward load/swap spiral. > > Perhaps it is caused by the broken line buffering in syslogd. MAXLINE is > 1024, so syslog will insert bogus line breaks whenever the message buffer > contains more than about 1024 characters. Actually, it's usually symptomatic of something being unable to allocate memory to print/format the error message. This phenomenon is very familiar to anyone that's worked with a low-memory system under real load. 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message