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Date:      Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:11:00 -0500
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SMP on FreeBSD 6.x and 7.0: Worth doing?
Message-ID:  <477252E4.4070707@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <200712241723.lBOHNLtt049769@lava.sentex.ca>
References:  <200712220531.WAA09277@lariat.net> <476FBED0.2080400@samsco.org> <200712241549.IAA19650@lariat.net> <476FDA10.4060107@samsco.org> <200712241653.JAA20845@lariat.net> <476FE868.8080704@samsco.org> <200712241723.lBOHNLtt049769@lava.sentex.ca>

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Mike Tancsa wrote:
> At 12:12 PM 12/24/2007, Scott Long wrote:
>> For others who might want help with this, tweaking
>> vfs.ufs.dirhash_maxmem is what is needed.  A bit of a balancing act is
>> needed if you're on i386 since you'll risk exhausting KVA unless you
>> also tweak KVA_PAGES.
> 
> 
> Hi Scott,
>         How does one know if the vfs.ufs.dirhash_maxmem is set too high 
> and are exhausting KVA ?

Panics, freezes, failure to exec new programs, failure to create pipes, etc.

Scott



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