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Date:      Tue, 8 May 2001 21:31:52 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        David Xu <bsddiy@163.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kenel panic, vm_map_entry_create: kernel resources exhausted
Message-ID:  <20010508213152.T18676@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <002f01c0d840$5ed38180$3601a8c0@xyf>; from bsddiy@163.net on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 12:27:33PM %2B0800
References:  <002f01c0d840$5ed38180$3601a8c0@xyf>

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Don't cc both -stable and -questions.

* David Xu <bsddiy@163.net> [010508 21:25] wrote:
> 
> I have found that if  I use GENERIC kernel config,  I can not trigger this
> bug,
> default maxusers value in GENERIC kernel config file is 32, this is fine,
> if I change it to 128 and recompile/install kernel,  I can use the fork bomb
> to
> crash kernel.  it seems this problem is RAM size and maxusers parameter
> related.  what max value of maxusers should I use if my RAM is 64M?

Obviously 32 works best for you, I would stick with it.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [alfred@freebsd.org]
Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.

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