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Date:      Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:07:09 +0300
From:      Vladimir Sharun <sharun@ukr.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kmem_malloc(4096): kmem_map too small: 536870912 total allocated
Message-ID:  <20051023170709.GA99337@dun.ukr.net>
In-Reply-To: <20051023082948.GA90034@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <20051023074342.GA97095@dun.ukr.net> <20051023080622.GA76867@xor.obsecurity.org> <20051023082110.GA97329@dun.ukr.net> <20051023082948.GA90034@xor.obsecurity.org>

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Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >>> We have 2xOpteron/2Gb RAM server with extrensive disk load. Every week or two
> >>> it suddenly hangs with "kmem_malloc(4096): kmem_map too small 335bla-bla allocated". 
> >>> I look onto handbook and put vm.kmem_size_max="536870912" onto /boot/loader.conf.
> >>> Today was the same with the new parameters. Is there any other solutions ?
>> 
>  KK>> If that's not enough, try making it larger.
>> 
>> On what size we can be sure, that "that's enough" ?

 KK> It depends on your workload, so keep increasing it until the problem
 KK> stops or you discover that you need more RAM to handle your workload.

Looks like kernel leak (thanks for tip to Gleb Smirnov) in lockf.
# vmstat -zm | grep lock
        lockf 2257779 70556K       - 19476940  32,64
... and keep raising.

That's another one machine with 1Gb RAM, having 512M for vm.kmem_size_max too.

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