kmem_malloc(4096): kmem_map too small: 536870912 total allocated

Vladimir Sharun sharun at ukr.net
Sun Oct 23 02:05:28 PDT 2005


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.

The second issue: I can't set it too high: 700M and more result to kernel panic
during boot. 600M is acceptable.



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