Hi!

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

> size, I don't understand how your system got into the situation it is
> in, at all.
>
> And I would very much like to.

The vm.bufmem growth is triggered by /etc/daily find_core routine.
I have three directory structures (as separate file systems) that
hold some amount of files/data:

	/squid		# disk cache of squid
	/cvs		# anoncvs sources (src,xsrc,pkgsrc)
	/obj		# build destination

As soon as find_core starts going through those three hierarchies,
vm.bufmem starts growing (seemingly without bounds). My current
bufmem_hiwater mark is at 24 MB, and even with just find_core limited
to 'find /cvs /obj ...', vm.bufmem jumps to ~40-50 MB. Then, should it
get to /squid, it will double again to about ~90-100 MB.

I think this should be fairly easy to reproduce (with /cvs and /obj type
setup), unles there are some hidden factors involved. Let me know if you
want me to look further into this, or possibly file a PR on it.


Artsi
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