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Date:      Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:10:03 GMT
From:      Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>
To:        wmoran@collaborativefusion.com, ade@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org,  ade@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: kern/108121: [pmap] pmap.c panic message references a sysctl that doesn't exist
Message-ID:  <200701300110.l0U1A3ZT008738@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Synopsis: [pmap] pmap.c panic message references a sysctl that doesn't exist

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: ade
State-Changed-When: Tue Jan 30 01:04:41 UTC 2007
State-Changed-Why: 
The message is correct.  However, it is *NOT* a sysctl, rather it is a
tunable that can be set in /boot/loader.conf eg:

	vm.pmap.shpgperproc=1000

Making this a sysctl, with the ability to dynamically change it whilst
the system is running would be Exceptionally Hard[tm].

One could possibly make a case for providing a read-only sysctl, though
it is likely to be of very limited use, since pv exhaustion is not by
any means a typical occurance.


Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->ade
Responsible-Changed-By: ade
Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Jan 30 01:04:41 UTC 2007
Responsible-Changed-Why: 
Since I provided the specific "fix" (in terms of an appropriate panic,
rather than letting the kernel wander off into la-la land as was the
case previously), I'll assume (some of ;) the responsibility...

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=108121



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