Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:18:22 -0500 From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@freebsd.org> To: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Swapfile problem in 6? Message-ID: <20051115181822.GB76352@green.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20051115101537.38820.qmail@web36208.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20051115065740.GH39882@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <20051115101537.38820.qmail@web36208.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 02:15:37AM -0800, Rob wrote: > > One more thing, for those who are reading this thread. > > Concerning my kernel locking up while using a > swapfile: > > I had an infinite while loop running during the > kernel compilation, printing out 'swapinfo' every > 15 seconds. The last output before the machine goes > dead is this: > > /dev/ad0s1b 39848 11820 39848 30% > /dev/md0 131072 5908 131072 5% > Total 170920 17728 153192 10% > > which means that swap space is OK right before the > freeze, but within 15 seconds from here, the kernel > locks up.... In my experience, fifteen seconds is enough to fill up 130+MB of swap, so a much smaller polling interval is necessary. -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''''\ <> green@FreeBSD.org \ The Power to Serve! \ Opinions expressed are my own. \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\
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