Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:31:53 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.dk.tfs.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: bde@freefall.freebsd.org, michaelh@cet.co.jp, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options Message-ID: <13433.857125913@critter.dk.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 28 Feb 1997 21:02:01 %2B1100." <199702281002.VAA07490@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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In message <199702281002.VAA07490@godzilla.zeta.org.au>, Bruce Evans writes: >>> Branch: sys/conf RELENG_2_2 >>> Modified: sys/conf options >>> Log: >>> YAMFC (everything except INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE, CHILD_MAX, OPEN_MAX and >>> ARP_PROXYALL. This merge is mainly to start nuking EXTRAVNODES. It >>> also removes some non-optional MSG* and SEM* "options" and sorts the >>> options). > >>Is the intent to be able to increase vnodes via sysctl? The ability to >>decrease will likely break a lot of assumptions made in the code. > >Changing the number vnodes via sysctl is a standard 4.4BSD (Lite1) feature. >Decreasing the number below the current number allocated has no effect >except to inhibit future allocations. The limit is fuzzy anyway. Decreasing it could be implemented, but it would take some time for the vnodes to be expired down to the limit. There are a few cases were you can safely kill them. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail.
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