kmem_malloc(16384): kmem_map too small

Andrey Chernov ache at nagual.pp.ru
Sat Nov 29 09:36:46 PST 2008


On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 06:04:25PM +0100, Lars Engels wrote:
> > It looks like qemu for some reason causes your system to allocate a lot
> > of memory for kernel's internal operation (either that or there's a
> > memory leak somewhere). You should increase kmem_size just as you would
> > do for the same situation with ZFS (see
> > http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSTuningGuide).
> > 
> > Just for information: do you use kqemu?
> 
> Thanks, I set kmem_size to 512M now and will tell if the panic happens
> again.
> Yes, I use kqemu: kqemu-kmod-1.3.0.p11_9

It can be related or not - I don't know, but I see the same message 
produced from named (with -recent current). Perhaps something is wrong 
with threads...

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