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Date:      Tue, 27 Oct 1998 17:58:14 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Steven Yang <syang@directhit.com>
Cc:        "'Open Systems Networking'" <opsys@mail.webspan.net>, "'freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FW: Can't get rid of my mbufs. 
Message-ID:  <199810280158.RAA02572@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Oct 1998 19:21:46 EST." <839A86AB6CE4D111A52200104B938D4308081B@MOE> 

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> Thanks for the info.  One question remains.  Suppose netstat -m tells me
> that 7900/8050 mbuf clusters are in use.  Now suppose I stop all of the
> important processes and let the machine stay idle for 2 hours.  Why does
> netstat -m still tell me that 7900/8050 mbuf clusters are in use?
> Basically, I'd wish it would say something like 99/8050 mbuf clusters in
> use instead.  I already have MAXUSERS set to 512.  

You have an mbuf leak somewhere, where mbufs are being allocated to 
contain data but never being freed.

I'm not aware of any known mbuf leaks in 2.2.7, however you might 
consider installing the 3.0 release and evaluating it under the same 
test load.

This is something that will typically require a kernel developer to 
help you with.


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