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Posted to apache-bugdb@apache.org by dg...@hyperreal.org on 1997/07/19 20:33:49 UTC

Re: os-sunos/625: regarding PR#454

Synopsis: regarding PR#454

Comment-Added-By: dgaudet
Comment-Added-When: Sat Jul 19 11:33:48 PDT 1997
Comment-Added:
(Interesting, this pr is closed but the audit trail doesn't show
why.)

SunOS4 has a kernel bug in the allocation of memory for the mbuf table.
When it fills up, the result is a Panic the next time any routine tries
to set something in an imaginary mbuf beyond the range of the table.
Due to buggy browser behavior and the lack of a FIN_WAIT_2 timeout
on SunOS4, "KeepAlive Off" is necessary to avoid filling up the mbuf
table on busy sites.