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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fyionline.com!op.net!candle.pha.pa.us!not-for-mail From: root@candle.pha.pa.us (Bruce Momjian) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: BSDI 2.0.1 swapspace leak fix? Date: 8 Dec 1995 21:11:43 GMT Organization: a consultant's basement Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4aa9mf$6pr@picasso.op.net> References: <4a0hk0$20d@news2.ucsd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: s1-03.ppp.op.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Brian Kantor (brian@nothing.ucsd.edu) wrote: : We're suffering from running out of swapspace; it appears that it's a : known problem with BSDI 2.0.1 (and probably earlier) where processes : that fork chew up swapspace. Any patch to fix this yet? I asked BSDI if the next release will fix this problem and was told the "swap overallocation" bug has been improved but not eliminated in the 2.0/2.0.1 release. I read this to say they do not have a fix for this in the next release. -- Bruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue root@candle.pha.pa.us | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 + If your life is a hard drive, | (610) 353-9879(w) + Christ can be your backup. | (610) 853-3000(h)