Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 17:38:21 EST From: TD790@aol.com To: drwilco@drwilco.net Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running out of bufferspace Message-ID: <cc.449c7ad.2963945d@aol.com>
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In a message dated 01/01/2002 4:20:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, drwilco@drwilco.net writes: > >Just note that "no buffers" often means that the queue is full, not that > you > >are out of system buffers. You may be chasing a ghost. > > Well a queue should be cleaned shouldn't it? The mount_smbfs fails even > hours after I run the stresstest on my device. > > And which queue exactly are we talking about, and where/how do I check its > status? > I think that fact that you still see the problem "hours later" indicates that some internal device doesnt have a process to "revisit" the queue once you've filled it. You can do the same thing fairly easily with a trafic generator that uses raw sockets....check the ifp->if_snd.ifq_len for the device you are sending on db To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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