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:On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Matt Dillon wrote:
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:> :file: table is full
:
:> :looutput: mbuf allocation failed
:> :nfs server 172.16.0.101:/bravenet1/home: is alive again
:
:> This sheds a considerable amount of light on the problems...
:> methinks you may have a low 'maxusers' setting in the kernel
:> config. Read on.
:
:Linux had problems with errors like this too, with
:kernel 2.0 and 2.2 when used under heavy load.
:
:In kernel 2.4 this has been solved by simply having
:the kernel allocate (and free) these structures on
:demand ... would that be an idea for FreeBSD ?
:
:Rik
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:Linux MM bugzilla: http://linux-mm.org/bugzilla.shtml
:
:Virtual memory is like a game you can't win;
:However, without VM there's truly nothing to lose...
:
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Yes, it's very doable. There are only a few subsystems which
actually scale based on 'maxusers'. File descriptors, sendfile buffers,
and network mbuf clusters. I think a good temporary fix
would be to change the absurdly small default maxusers of 32 to
something more reasonable, like 128.
-Matt
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