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Date:      	Thu, 9 May 1996 21:41:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@uniserve.com>
To:        Scanner SOD <scanner@webspan.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: mbuf's
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960509213929.18259E-100000@haven.uniserve.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960509212000.609A-100000@orion.webspan.net>

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On Thu, 9 May 1996, Scanner SOD wrote:

> 
> flame me off the list for not paying attention i wasnt really concerned 
> about mbufs till i saw while watching their status that they got up to 
> 90% used. What happens if mbufs get 100% used does the machine die? 
> services get refused?

  No.  If usage goes to a 100% more clusters are allocated.  If there is 
no more kernel space for more clusters, you will get a "mb_map full" 
log message, and some traffic will be lost.

Tom



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