[OpenAFS-devel] [CSL #301175] openafs-1.4.1 kernel panics

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Tue, 30 May 2006 13:11:41 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 30 May 2006, David Thompson wrote:

> Derrick J Brashear wrote:
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>> The vmalloc pool is not infinite.
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>> Also, PAG garbage collection is not on by default on Linux.
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>> echo 1 > /proc/sys/afs/GCPAGs iirc
>
> Ahhhhhh, that would make a difference.  Is there a reason it isn't enabled by default?  Are there stability issues?  It seems like a good idea...

When it was written it was not widely tested. It since has been; perhaps 
it should be for 1.4.2. Comments?

Derrick