From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 28 08:29:53 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD82516A4CE; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 08:29:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (bgo1smout1.broadpark.no [217.13.4.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3797243D5A; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 08:29:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no ([217.13.4.93]) by bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IFN000DUE07WT10@bgo1smout1.broadpark.no>; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:24:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: from dsa.des.no ([80.203.228.37]) by bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IFN005ZBEBETX60@bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no>; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:30:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: by dsa.des.no (Pony Express, from userid 666) id 9BFBF459C1; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:29:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from xps.des.no (xps.des.no [10.0.0.12]) by dsa.des.no (Pony Express) with ESMTP id CF62845171; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:29:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: by xps.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BDD1133C09; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:29:46 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:29:46 +0200 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) In-reply-to: <200504251922.j3PJM56h025523@repoman.freebsd.org> To: Kris Kennaway Message-id: <86y8b3qp6t.fsf@xps.des.no> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on dsa.des.no References: <200504251922.j3PJM56h025523@repoman.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm vm_init.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 08:29:53 -0000 Kris Kennaway writes: > Log: > Add the vm.exec_map_entries tunable and read-only sysctl, which controls > the number of entries in exec_map (maximum number of simultaneous execs > that can be handled by the kernel). The default value of 16 is > insufficient on heavily loaded machines (particularly SMP machines), and > if it is exceeded then executing further processes will generate a SIGA= BRT. Why not just have them block until a slot becomes available? DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no