(KAME-snap 8816) Re: Weird memory exhaustion with FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE

[Pekka Savola]

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, JINMEI Tatuya / [ISO-2022-JP] $B?@L at C#:H(B wrote:
> >> Okay.  Now I think I figure out the problem.  Those host routes were
> >> created not deliberately, so the kernel will eventually need a fix to
> >> this.
> >> 
> >> But if you are in a hurry and/or cannot replace the kernel soon, I
> >> think setting net.inet6.ip6.rtexpire to 0 can be a workaround (with
> >> this you even do not have to reboot the kernel - though rebooting may
> >> also help if you can).
> 
> > Warning: this freezed the system immediately [all network connectivity
> > broke, and I had to do a quick reset].  Maybe I should have set it up
> > at reboot before the system was in a 'bad' shape..
> 
> Sorry for the trouble, but could you be more specific on "freeze"?
> Does it mean the kernel hanged (you could not type anything from the
> keyboard, etc)?

Unfortunately, I can't.  The when my SSH session froze, and the 6to4
SSH sessions as well, my first instinct was 'oh, crap', and knee-jerk
push of reset button (because the box has no keyboard attached). Sorry
for being inprecise.

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