Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:04:30 -0500 From: Stephan Uphoff <ups@freebsd.org> To: David G Lawrence <dg@dglawrence.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Packet loss every 30.999 seconds Message-ID: <4769410E.3050005@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20071219154856.GC25053@tnn.dglawrence.com> References: <D50B5BA8-5A80-4370-8F20-6B3A531C2E9B@eng.oar.net> <20071217102433.GQ25053@tnn.dglawrence.com> <CD187AD1-8712-418F-9F49-FA3407BA1AC7@eng.oar.net> <20071220011626.U928@besplex.bde.org> <20071219154856.GC25053@tnn.dglawrence.com>
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David G Lawrence wrote: >> Try it with "find / -type f >/dev/null" to duplicate the problem almost >> instantly. >> > > FreeBSD used to have some code that would cause vnodes with no cached > pages to be recycled quickly (which would have made a simple find > ineffective without reading the files at least a little bit). I guess > that got removed when the size of the vnode pool was dramatically > increased. > You can decrease vfs.wantfreevnodes if caching files without cached data is not beneficial for your application. > -DG > > David G. Lawrence > President > Download Technologies, Inc. - http://www.downloadtech.com - (866) 399 8500 > The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org > Pave the road of life with opportunities. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >
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