Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: 128MB Swap-Space Limit | Date | Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:17:46 +0100 (BST) |
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> count overflows. The count is reclaimed when the swap is turned off for that file, > and the clever sysadmin has several swap files so that he can easily reclaim at > any time.
Turning your swap off regularly isnt a fix if you are really honest about it. Its good recovery code but not a real fix
> It was a horrible vm bug before I added the code to keep the counts from wrapping > around completely; now it's merely an unsightly wart that might show up from time > to time.
Running big apache servers and sendmail list relays it happens about every 5 to 10 minutes on big end hardware.
Alan
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