On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 05:19:52PM +0200, Toni Mueller wrote:

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> Hi Mickey,

>

> On Mon, 02.06.2008 at 11:10:47 +0000, mickey  wrote:

> > On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 11:51:57PM +0200, Toni Mueller wrote:

> > > On Thu, 15.05.2008 at 23:30:11 -0700, Kevin  wrote:

> > > > >>      May 14 21:05:54 svr02 /bsd: uvm_mapent_alloc: out of static map entries

> > > I gather that 4.3 fixes this problem (ie, turn a panic into a warning)?

> >

> > the problem is not the message. problem is unneeded

> > kmem_map fragmentation that is caused byt misuse

> > by the bad code.

>

> I think I do not understand: I'm not worried about the message, but

> about the crash I recently experienced on a 4.2 box, after seeing this

> message. IOW, I'd be happy already if 4.3 prevents the crash and only

> leaves a warning message.

the message is only a symptom of the real problem.
> Making the code better to not experience the problem in the first place

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> is, of course, a laudable goal, but unfortunately, I have no

> qualification to actually do anything about it.

both explanation of the problem and a big diff that fixes it

had been already posted (:

cu

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