> > That's odd. This test only takes a few seconds on an amd64 system. Do
> > you have any local changes to libc, or any particular /etc/malloc.conf
> > settings, which could explain the slowdown?
> 
> Ahh you caught me.  Yes, I had /etc/malloc.conf settings.  I'll try it
> again without those settings.  I was running it on amd64.  Thanks!

What flags were you using? As its name implies, this test causes a lot
of memory to be allocated, so malloc flags such as F and G will take a
toll...

> I think that was the cause of the kqueue hang I was seeing.  I launched
> the regression tests and came back hours later and they were still
> "running".  All CPU cores were at 100% idle and it said it was still
> running kqueue.  I just ran it on this i386 snapshot without any malloc.conf
> settings and it ran quickly.

... but they should not cause the system to be idle nevertheless. So
this is worth investigating.

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