Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 11:09:42 +0100 From: "S Roberts" <sroberts@internet-mail.org> To: "Kris Kennaway" <kris@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, vwe@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/123813: [panic] 7.0-STABLE i386 reboots weekly with panic: kmem_malloc(11186176): kmem_map too small: 315637760 total allocated Message-ID: <1211882982.13732.1255236927@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <483BDA00.8040207@FreeBSD.org> References: <200805232326.m4NNQQG4089363@freefall.freebsd.org> <1211876727.24906.1255223109@webmail.messagingengine.com> <483BDA00.8040207@FreeBSD.org>
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Hi Kris,
Good to hear from you..,
On Tue, 27 May 2008 11:53:04 +0200, "Kris Kennaway" <kris@FreeBSD.org>
said:
> S Roberts wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > On Fri, 23 May 2008 23:26:26 GMT, vwe@FreeBSD.org said:
<snipped>
> >>
> >> Stacey, please try increasing vm.kmem_size_max in /etc/loader.conf and
> >> reboot.
> >
> > Is this the procedure for i386?
> >
> > I thought that setting this in /etc/loader.conf is only viable for
> > amd64.,
>
> First, it's /boot/loader.conf, but it is supported on all architectures.
>
Indeed - sorry, my mistake..,
> To add some detail, the panic indicates that your kernel ran out of
> memory because of the workload your system was running on it. Unless
> you are hitting a memory leak, the solution is to allocate it more
> memory.
>
Thanks for that - reading a bit more into it, I have set the following
(based on installed memory: "Physical memory: 2023 MB"):
$ grep -i vm.kmem /boot/loader.conf
vm.kmem_size=671088640
$
And have rebooted.
Will see how this works out.
Thanks again for taking the time to explain..,
Regards,
S Roberts
> Kris
>
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