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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.igcom.net!terra.igcom.net!david From: david@terra.igcom.net (David Bauman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: BSDI 2.0.1 swapspace leak fix? Date: 8 Dec 1995 22:34:26 GMT Organization: InterGlobal Communications Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4aaehi$eav@moon.igcom.net> References: <4a0hk0$20d@news2.ucsd.edu> <4aa9mf$6pr@picasso.op.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: terra.igcom.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] : 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. This is unacceptable. I have multiple machines running BSDI BSD/OS 2.0.1 and my whole business relies on BSD/OS. The price that BSD charges for their software should run with NO bugs whatsoever. David Bauman