On Mon, May 18, 2009 8:15 pm, Kip Macy wrote: > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Larry Rosenman <ler_at_lerctr.org> wrote: >> >> On Mon, May 18, 2009 8:00 pm, Kip Macy wrote: >>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Larry Rosenman <ler_at_lerctr.org> wrote: >>>> On Mon, 18 May 2009, Kip Macy wrote: >>>> >>>>> The ARC cache allocates wired memory. The ARC will grow until there >>>>> is >>>>> vm pressure. >>>> >>>> My crash this AM was with 4G real, and the ARC seemed to grow and >>>> grow, >>>> then >>>> we started paging, and then crashed. >>>> >>>> Even with the VM pressure it seemed to grow out of control. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> You're running the most recent HEAD? >> >> Yes. Also, this used to work just fine (as recently as a 8-may-2009 >> kernel) >> with 4G real. >> >> It used to leave about 2700M free. >> >> The changes in the last week apparently changed something. >> >> When I crashed this AM, I re-csup'ed. That's the kernel that's running >> now. > > > > Please update to r192360 and let me know if that helps. > > > Thanks, > Kip > I've put that code in place. I'm going to let my normal backups etc run. Thanks for the quick patch! LER -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 512-248-2683 E-Mail: ler_at_lerctr.org US Mail: 430 Valona Loop, Round Rock, TX 78681-3893Received on Tue May 19 2009 - 00:42:14 UTC
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