From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 10 17:45:59 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 277CF48F for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:45:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) Received: from mail-lb0-f182.google.com (mail-lb0-f182.google.com [209.85.217.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A5528FC15 for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:45:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f182.google.com with SMTP id gg13so83462lbb.13 for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:45:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=wemm.org; s=google; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=6qmi/yyJqvaZOXljwsab57jaEGeaQu8vG9BKssmprNo=; b=vEaeRAwoPcYhKRgfPFE1cne6L1uPbTvq9uotg+hI7u90Agv2zUMuR6RE1npowSvAqK 5xP9x3605Ms2tLYjUe/BwU2fsYWJcsmVv6lDwpLZ5xJXtL9z+LLqJhIYioFh4lqr9muY 3mIxNsXnAczqoWFlDxbf+lFVRNowCCpeCwjCU= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=6qmi/yyJqvaZOXljwsab57jaEGeaQu8vG9BKssmprNo=; b=j8/uUV+oUmuP6kWtYM1H+yHyen9S2zYJyHnnEz6o0UIcgcgSOy+og/CBGAfwxHibZ7 4rfqJENDmUYGCbH5afBWp0gZ+UNgF3+NR4fLYlja5hCEwo+E3JG0T12Sq5sA+rsgrtaO S8yzLEZ2wwEmmbWkDsINCDjDspwRx9YT+O2laZrw8rTL8qwgki3dANM+YUwbvM7ZYuPM +PFQ7F37T1iCoJr1lLpuC56j14Nlba7Ct3b1Jau0gDN1ENcAllO5fpyc64nvQm+kqPgY 3PsYgnkF2xpOYPEDkL2sNROAf9zrjjQ8BTXp+dtBuXhANsYGtI9gitYyygRCSKo/CBVc mNKQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.49.133 with SMTP id u5mr1595803lbn.105.1352569557272; Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:45:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.100.230 with HTTP; Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:45:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <201211100208.qAA28e0v004842@svn.freebsd.org> <509DC25E.5030306@mu.org> <509E3162.5020702@FreeBSD.org> <509E7E7C.9000104@mu.org> <509E830D.5080006@mu.org> <509E847E.30509@mu.org> <509E8930.50800@mu.org> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:45:57 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r242847 - in head/sys: i386/include kern From: Peter Wemm To: Eitan Adler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmLW3ruh57jZAN36Hde2y6M8um7xhSg9Mgzt2KgZMXSvWCMf1WkqYjSL88YEnSU8md0jDCm Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Alfred Perlstein , src-committers@freebsd.org, Alfred Perlstein X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:45:59 -0000 On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Eitan Adler wrote: > On 10 November 2012 12:04, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >> Sure, if you'd like you can help me craft that comment now? > > I think this is short and clear: > === > Limit the amount of kernel address space used to a fixed cap. > 384 is an arbitrarily chosen value that leaves 270 MB of KVA available > of the 2 MB total. On systems with large amount of memory reduce the > the slope of the function in order to avoiding exhausting KVA. > === That's actually completely 100% incorrect... -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; KI6FJV "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 "If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution." -- Robert Sewell