kern/155411: [regression] [8.2-release] [tmpfs]: mount: tmpfs : No space left on device

[Philip M. Gollucci]

The following reply was made to PR kern/155411; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci at p6m7g8.com>
To: Gleb Kurtsou <gleb.kurtsou at gmail.com>
Cc: <bug-followup at FreeBSD.org>, <pgollucci at FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: kern/155411: [regression] [8.2-release] [tmpfs]: mount: tmpfs
 : No space left on device
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:28:26 +0000

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 I/we would be glad to test it; however, we'll have to schedule since the
 computers in question are both front facing ASF services.
 
 
 
 On 03/10/11 12:53, Gleb Kurtsou wrote:
 > Could you test the patch. It changes the way tmpfs grows, sets
 > filesystem default size to half of RAM by default.  Tmpfs no longer
 > depends on inactive/wired memory stats, but checks if swap is nearly
 > full. I've added vfs.tmpfs.swap_reserved sysctl to limit tmpfs growth.
 >=20
 > Bottom line is, that you should specify meaningful filesystem size to
 > prevent resource exhaustion.
 >=20
 > In my tests system didn't panic nor invoked OOM killer while consuming
 > nearly all available ram and swap.
 >=20
 > Patch:
 > http://marc.info/?l=3Dfreebsd-fs&m=3D129735686129438&w=3D2
 >=20
 > It also handles test case described in OpenSolaris bug report for me:
 > http://marc.info/?l=3Dfreebsd-fs&m=3D129747362722933&w=3D2
 >=20
 > Thanks,
 > Gleb.
 >=20
 
 
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