Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 20:10:10 -0800 (PST) From: matt@zigg.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/5098: running out of swap space causes junk pointers in inetd Message-ID: <199711200410.UAA04483@hub.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199711200420.UAA05140@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 5098 >Category: bin >Synopsis: running out of swap space causes junk pointers in inetd >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 19 20:20:01 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Matt Behrens >Organization: International Followers of Matt Behrens, LLC >Release: 2.2-STABLE >Environment: FreeBSD megaweapon.zigg.com 2.2-STABLE FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE #0: Wed Oct 22 20:30:22 EDT 1997 matt@megaweapon.zigg.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/MEGAWEAPON i386 >Description: After a few heavy-duty compilation sessions that caused swap space to run out, the following message appears upon telnet: inetd in realloc(): warning: junk pointer, too low to make sense. This problem does not go away until the system is rebooted. It seems to not affect anything, however. I've received this message on two separate systems, both 486's with 32M swap; one with 20M real mem, one with 32M real mem. >How-To-Repeat: Run out of swap space a few times, then try to telnet in. >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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