Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:11:48 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Imran Imtiaz <imran@darkstar.thelakecity.com.pk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ker.ipc.maxpipekva error again and again Message-ID: <43B21084.1070102@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200512270458.jBR4wnqD084238@darkstar.thelakecity.com.pk> References: <200512270458.jBR4wnqD084238@darkstar.thelakecity.com.pk>
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Imran Imtiaz wrote: > I am getting the following messages again and again, why it is accuring and how can I correct and track it? > Dec 27 00:48:00 darkstar kernel: kern.ipc.maxpipekva exceeded; see tuning(7) You might look at ps or top for lots of stuck processes generated by something which are blocking. Basicly, the system has a limit on how much memory can be used to connect stages of pipelines between processes. Take a look at "sysctl kern.ipc", or more specificly: "sysctl kern.ipc | grep kva" -- -Chuck PS: "man tuning" is likely to be informative. :-)
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