Re: mbuf leak found - (was mbuf leak in kernel)

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:Hi Matthew,
:
:By chance, would this have caused programs sending massive amounts to
:syslog to block in state "objcache" on a sendmsg() call, and then
:eventually hang the system with no panic? Aren't mbufs backed by
:objcache?

    Yes, absolutely.  Those symptoms match exactly.  Any high-volume logging
    to syslog can trigger the problem and can cause the process to get
    stuck in objcache.

:I will try updating to see if it still happens, and if it still
:happens, I will try once more to get a core for you. I had a little

    Make sure you have the latest commits, just in case you are updating
    from a mirror.  I posted the patches in a previous message.

:I'll try to check it out again tomorrow.
:
:Cheers,
:
:Ben Woolley

    Excellent, tell me how it goes!

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>