Hello,

I have a box with 512MB of RAM, which is running a snapshot from 2006-02-13.

The box does not get used much, so most of the RAM stays still, i.e.
not used by the userland.

I am now quite surprised why OpenBSD does not use all of this RAM for
disc cache etc.


After rebooting the system, I took some measurements from the root
console (where only one other user was logged in, who ran a `top`
every once in a while).

In the fragment of my session below, you can see that running
identical `find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop`
command does not seem to utilise any disc cache before the kernel
option gets modified. After we increase kern.maxvnodes by a factor of
16, we immediately get huge benefits of running identical 'find ..
grep ..' command the second time etc.


Before tweaking kern.maxvnodes:
        free memory after 'find .. grep ..' is around 368MB
        repeated 'find .. grep ..' always take as much as 14 seconds

After tweaking kern.maxvnodes:
        free memory after 'find .. grep ..' is around 338MB
        repeated 'find .. grep ..' take as little as 3,9 seconds


My question is thus:
        Is there a reason no algorithm is used to automatically modify kernel
variables such as kern.maxvnodes to efficiently account free memory
for disc cache?


Here is the session log:


tvc# idate
2006-02-18T13:36:22Z
tvc# sysctl kern
kern.ostype=OpenBSD
kern.osrelease=3.9
kern.osrevision=200605
kern.version=OpenBSD 3.9-beta (GENERIC) #601: Sun Feb 12 21:39:52 MST 2006
    [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC

kern.maxvnodes=1310
kern.maxproc=532
kern.maxfiles=1772
kern.argmax=262144
kern.securelevel=1
kern.hostname=tvc.home.const.name
kern.hostid=0
kern.clockrate=tick = 10000, tickadj = 40, hz = 100, profhz = 1024, stathz = 128
kern.posix1version=199009
kern.ngroups=16
kern.job_control=1
kern.saved_ids=1
kern.boottime=Sat Feb 18 13:33:45 2006
kern.domainname=
kern.maxpartitions=16
kern.rawpartition=2
kern.osversion=GENERIC#601
kern.somaxconn=128
kern.sominconn=80
kern.usermount=0
kern.random=29769 533248 0 28232 5 1032 0 0 0 0 0 0 10775 8441 0 23
8411 1 7 18 35 71 104 156 211 220 218 114 121 114 78 62 95 90 134 155
185 117 45 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 8408 0 81 1335 951 0 0 0 0 0 1369 12780
16079 0 0
kern.nosuidcoredump=1
kern.fsync=1
kern.sysvmsg=1
kern.sysvsem=1
kern.sysvshm=1
kern.arandom=151420742
kern.msgbufsize=16364
kern.malloc.buckets=16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096,8192,16384,32768,65536,131072,262144,524288
kern.malloc.bucket.16=(calls = 25540 total_allocated = 3584 total_free
= 743 elements = 256 high watermark = 1280 could_free = 0)
kern.malloc.bucket.32=(calls = 4861 total_allocated = 1280 total_free
= 145 elements = 128 high watermark = 640 could_free = 0)
kern.malloc.bucket.64=(calls = 2479 total_allocated = 640 total_free =
90 elements = 64 high watermark = 320 could_free = 0)
kern.malloc.bucket.128=(calls = 881 total_allocated = 320 total_free =
41 elements = 32 high watermark = 160 could_free = 0)
kern.malloc.bucket.256=(calls = 615 total_allocated = 192 total_free =
12 elements = 16 high watermark = 80 could_free = 0)
kern.malloc.bucket.512=(calls = 382 total_allocated = 112 total_free =
13 elements = 8 high watermark = 40 could_free = 0)
kern.malloc.bucket.1024=(calls = 1247 total_allocated = 232 total_free
= 4 elements = 4 high watermark = 20 could_free = 0)
kern.malloc.bucket.2048=(calls = 102 total_allocated = 92 total_free =
1 elements = 2 high watermark = 10 could_free = 0)
kern.malloc.bucket.4096=(calls = 229 total_allocated = 33 total_free =
1 elements = 1 high watermark = 5 could_free = 0)
kern.malloc.bucket.8192=(calls = 10 total_allocated = 10 total_free =
0 elements = 1 high watermark = 5 could_free = 0)
kern.malloc.bucket.16384=(calls = 1 total_allocated = 1 total_free = 0
elements = 1 high watermark = 5 could_free = 0)
kern.malloc.bucket.32768=(calls = 1 total_allocated = 1 total_free = 0
elements = 1 high watermark = 5 could_free = 0)
kern.malloc.bucket.65536=(calls = 2 total_allocated = 2 total_free = 0
elements = 1 high watermark = 5 could_free = 0)
kern.malloc.bucket.131072=(calls = 0 total_allocated = 0 total_free =
0 elements = 1 high watermark = 5 could_free = 0)
kern.malloc.bucket.262144=(calls = 0 total_allocated = 0 total_free =
0 elements = 1 high watermark = 5 could_free = 0)
kern.malloc.bucket.524288=(calls = 0 total_allocated = 0 total_free =
0 elements = 1 high watermark = 5 could_free = 0)
kern.malloc.kmemnames=free,mbuf,devbuf,debug,pcb,routetbl,,fragtbl,,ifaddr,soopts,sysctl,,,ioctlops,,,,,iov,mount,,NFS_req,NFS_mount,NFS_node,vnodes,namecache,UFS_quota,UFS_mount,shm,VM_map,sem,dirhash,,VM_pmap,,,,file,file_desc,,proc,subproc,VFS_cluster,,,MFS_node,,,Export_Host,NFS_srvsock,NFS_uid,NFS_daemon,ip_moptions,in_multi,ether_multi,mrt,ISOFS_mount,ISOFS_node,MSDOSFS_mount,MSDOSFS_fat,MSDOSFS_node,ttys,exec,miscfs_mount,,adosfs_mount,,adosfs_anode,,,adosfs_bitmap,,,pfkey_data,tdb,xform_data,,pagedep,inodedep,newblk,,,indirdep,,,,,,,,,VM_swap,,,,,RAIDframe_data,UVM_amap,UVM_aobj,,USB,USB_device,USB_HC,,memdesc,,,crypto_data,,IPsec_creds,packet_tags,1394ctl,1394data,emuldata,,,,,,,,,ip6_options,NDP,ip6rr,rp_addr,temp,NTFS_mount,NTFS_node,NTFS_fnode,NTFS_dir,NTFS_hash_tables,NTFS_file_attr,NTFS_resident_data_,NTFS_decomp,NTFS_vrun,kqueue,bluetooth,bwmeter,UDF_mount,UDF_file_entry,UDF_file_id
kern.malloc.kmemstat.free=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.mbuf=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.devbuf=(inuse = 661, calls = 719, memuse = 300K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 300K, limit = 39322K, spare =
0, sizes = (16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096,8192,16384))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.debug=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.pcb=(inuse = 19, calls = 63, memuse = 3K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 3K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (16,32,64,512))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.routetbl=(inuse = 57, calls = 80, memuse = 5K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 5K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (16,32,64,128,256))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.fragtbl=(inuse = 0, calls = 1, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 1K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (32))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.ifaddr=(inuse = 42, calls = 42, memuse = 10K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 10K, limit = 39322K, spare =
0, sizes = (16,32,128,256,512,2048))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.soopts=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.sysctl=(inuse = 3, calls = 3, memuse = 3K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 3K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (16,256,2048))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.ioctlops=(inuse = 0, calls = 46, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 2K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (512,1024,2048))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.iov=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K, limblocks
= 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0, sizes =
(none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.mount=(inuse = 14, calls = 16, memuse = 7K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 8K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (512))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.NFS_req=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.NFS_mount=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.NFS_node=(inuse = 1, calls = 1, memuse = 8K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 8K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (8192))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.vnodes=(inuse = 1029, calls = 1270, memuse = 38K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 43K, limit = 39322K, spare =
0, sizes = (32,128,256))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.namecache=(inuse = 3, calls = 3, memuse = 41K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 41K, limit = 39322K, spare =
0, sizes = (1024,8192,32768))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.UFS_quota=(inuse = 1, calls = 1, memuse = 8K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 8K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (8192))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.UFS_mount=(inuse = 57, calls = 57, memuse = 104K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 104K, limit = 39322K, spare =
0, sizes = (16,32,64,256,512,2048,4096,8192))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.shm=(inuse = 2, calls = 2, memuse = 1K, limblocks
= 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 1K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0, sizes =
(256,512))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.VM_map=(inuse = 3, calls = 3, memuse = 1K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 1K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (256))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.sem=(inuse = 2, calls = 2, memuse = 1K, limblocks
= 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 1K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0, sizes =
(32,64))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.dirhash=(inuse = 27, calls = 27, memuse = 5K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 5K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (16,32,64,512))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.VM_pmap=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.file=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.file_desc=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.proc=(inuse = 8, calls = 8, memuse = 3K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 3K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (32,256,1024))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.subproc=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.VFS_cluster=(inuse = 0, calls = 61, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 1K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (32))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.MFS_node=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.Export_Host=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.NFS_srvsock=(inuse = 2, calls = 2, memuse = 1K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 1K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (256))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.NFS_uid=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.NFS_daemon=(inuse = 1, calls = 1, memuse = 1K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 1K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (256))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.ip_moptions=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.in_multi=(inuse = 22, calls = 22, memuse = 1K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 1K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (16,64))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.ether_multi=(inuse = 4, calls = 4, memuse = 1K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 1K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (32))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.mrt=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K, limblocks
= 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0, sizes =
(none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.ISOFS_mount=(inuse = 1, calls = 1, memuse = 8K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 8K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (8192))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.ISOFS_node=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.MSDOSFS_mount=(inuse = 1, calls = 1, memuse = 4K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 4K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (4096))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.MSDOSFS_fat=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.MSDOSFS_node=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.ttys=(inuse = 414, calls = 414, memuse = 242K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 242K, limit = 39322K, spare =
0, sizes = (128,256,1024))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.exec=(inuse = 0, calls = 224, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 2K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (16,128,512,1024))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.miscfs_mount=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.adosfs_mount=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.adosfs_anode=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.adosfs_bitmap=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.pfkey_data=(inuse = 1, calls = 2, memuse = 1K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 1K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (64))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.tdb=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K, limblocks
= 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0, sizes =
(none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.xform_data=(inuse = 0, calls = 18, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 1K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (16,32))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.pagedep=(inuse = 1, calls = 1, memuse = 2K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 2K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (2048))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.inodedep=(inuse = 1, calls = 1, memuse = 8K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 8K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (8192))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.newblk=(inuse = 1, calls = 1, memuse = 1K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 1K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (256))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.indirdep=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.VM_swap=(inuse = 7, calls = 7, memuse = 79K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 79K, limit = 39322K, spare =
0, sizes = (16,32,2048,65536))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.RAIDframe_data=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse =
0K, limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare
= 0, sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.UVM_amap=(inuse = 2927, calls = 28526, memuse =
90K, limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 111K, limit = 39322K,
spare = 0, sizes = (16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.UVM_aobj=(inuse = 2, calls = 2, memuse = 2K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 2K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (16,1024))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.USB=(inuse = 74, calls = 74, memuse = 7K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 7K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (16,32,64,128,256))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.USB_device=(inuse = 21, calls = 21, memuse = 9K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 9K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (16,128,256,512))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.USB_HC=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.memdesc=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.crypto_data=(inuse = 1, calls = 1, memuse = 1K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 1K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (1024))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.IPsec_creds=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.packet_tags=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.1394ctl=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.1394data=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.emuldata=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.ip6_options=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.NDP=(inuse = 7, calls = 8, memuse = 1K, limblocks
= 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 1K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0, sizes =
(64,128))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.ip6rr=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.rp_addr=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.temp=(inuse = 39, calls = 4639, memuse = 5K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 9K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (16,32,64,256,512,1024,4096))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.NTFS_mount=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.NTFS_node=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.NTFS_fnode=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.NTFS_dir=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.NTFS_hash_tables=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse =
0K, limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare
= 0, sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.NTFS_file_attr=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse =
0K, limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare
= 0, sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.NTFS_resident_data_=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse
= 0K, limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K,
spare = 0, sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.NTFS_decomp=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.NTFS_vrun=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.kqueue=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.bluetooth=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.bwmeter=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.UDF_mount=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.UDF_file_entry=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse =
0K, limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare
= 0, sizes = (none))
kern.malloc.kmemstat.UDF_file_id=(inuse = 0, calls = 0, memuse = 0K,
limblocks = 0, mapblocks = 0, maxused = 0K, limit = 39322K, spare = 0,
sizes = (none))
kern.cp_time=283,0,367,230,334131
kern.nchstats.good_hits=8779
kern.nchstats.negative_hits=277
kern.nchstats.bad_hits=23
kern.nchstats.false_hits=6
kern.nchstats.misses=2813
kern.nchstats.long_names=25
kern.nchstats.pass2=16
kern.nchstats.2passes=55
kern.nchstats.ncs_revhits=0
kern.nchstats.ncs_revmiss=0
kern.forkstat.forks=173
kern.forkstat.vforks=22
kern.forkstat.rforks=0
kern.forkstat.kthreads=16
kern.forkstat.fork_pages=11359
kern.forkstat.vfork_pages=3202
kern.forkstat.rfork_pages=0
kern.forkstat.kthread_pages=0
kern.nselcoll=0
kern.tty.tk_nin=81
kern.tty.tk_nout=103174
kern.tty.tk_rawcc=71
kern.tty.tk_cancc=10
kern.tty.maxptys=992
kern.tty.nptys=64
kern.ccpu=1948
kern.fscale=2048
kern.nprocs=36
kern.stackgap_random=262144
kern.usercrypto=1
kern.cryptodevallowsoft=0
kern.splassert=0
kern.nfiles=63
kern.ttycount=69
kern.numvnodes=1310
kern.userasymcrypto=1
kern.seminfo.semmni=10
kern.seminfo.semmns=60
kern.seminfo.semmnu=30
kern.seminfo.semmsl=60
kern.seminfo.semopm=100
kern.seminfo.semume=10
kern.seminfo.semusz=100
kern.seminfo.semvmx=32767
kern.seminfo.semaem=16384
kern.shminfo.shmmax=33554432
kern.shminfo.shmmin=1
kern.shminfo.shmmni=128
kern.shminfo.shmseg=128
kern.shminfo.shmall=8192
kern.emul.nemuls=6
kern.emul.aout=0
kern.emul.bsdos=0
kern.emul.freebsd=0
kern.emul.ibcs2=0
kern.emul.linux=0
kern.emul.svr4=0
kern.maxclusters=6144
kern.maxlocksperuid=1024
tvc# sysctl kern.maxvnodes kern.numvnodes
kern.maxvnodes=1310
kern.numvnodes=1310
tvc# find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
3.132u 2.953s 0:14.74 41.2%     0+0k 8679+99io 19359pf+0w
tvc# find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
3.132u 3.070s 0:14.02 44.2%     0+0k 8479+98io 19351pf+0w
tvc# find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
3.289u 3.124s 0:14.37 44.5%     0+0k 8487+128io 19351pf+0w
tvc# find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
3.078u 3.078s 0:14.08 43.6%     0+0k 8470+97io 19351pf+0w
tvc# sysctl kern.maxvnodes kern.numvnodes
kern.maxvnodes=1310
kern.numvnodes=2621
tvc# date
Sat Feb 18 14:21:14 GMT 2006
tvc# sysctl kern.maxvnodes=20960
kern.maxvnodes: 1310 -> 20960
tvc# sysctl kern.maxvnodes kern.numvnodes
kern.maxvnodes=20960
kern.numvnodes=2621
tvc# find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
3.367u 1.421s 0:08.96 53.3%     0+0k 4729+70io 7724pf+0w
tvc# find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
3.093u 0.781s 0:05.34 72.4%     0+0k 685+70io 0pf+0w
tvc# sysctl kern.maxvnodes kern.numvnodes
kern.maxvnodes=20960
kern.numvnodes=6765
tvc# find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
3.210u 0.703s 0:03.89 100.5%    0+0k 0+70io 0pf+0w
tvc# date
Sat Feb 18 14:25:41 GMT 2006
tvc# find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
3.124u 0.742s 0:03.84 100.5%    0+0k 0+70io 0pf+0w
tvc# find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
3.273u 0.640s 0:03.90 100.2%    0+0k 0+70io 0pf+0w
tvc# sysctl kern.maxvnodes kern.numvnodes
kern.maxvnodes=20960
kern.numvnodes=6804
tvc# history 20
   210  13:36   idate
   211  14:17   sysctl kern
   212  14:18   sysctl kern.maxvnodes kern.numvnodes
   213  14:18   find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
   214  14:19   find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
   215  14:19   find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
   216  14:20   find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
   217  14:21   sysctl kern.maxvnodes kern.numvnodes
   218  14:21   date
   219  14:23   sysctl kern.maxvnodes=20960
   220  14:23   sysctl kern.maxvnodes kern.numvnodes
   221  14:23   find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
   222  14:24   find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
   223  14:24   sysctl kern.maxvnodes kern.numvnodes
   224  14:25   find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
   225  14:25   date
   226  14:26   find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
   227  14:30   find /usr/src/sys/ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep qwertyuiop
   228  14:31   sysctl kern.maxvnodes kern.numvnodes
   229  14:32   history 20
tvc#





Here is the most recent dmesg of this ASUS Terminator C3:

OpenBSD 3.9-beta (GENERIC) #601: Sun Feb 12 21:39:52 MST 2006
    [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
cpu0: VIA Samuel 2 ("CentaurHauls" 686-class) 800 MHz
cpu0: FPU,DE,TSC,MSR,MTRR,PGE,MMX
real mem  = 502833152 (491048K)
avail mem = 451723264 (441136K)
using 4278 buffers containing 25243648 bytes (24652K) of memory
mainbus0 (root)
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(63) BIOS, date 01/06/05, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfbba0
apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2
apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown
apm0: flags 70102 dobusy 1 doidle 1
pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0xdfa4
pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf20/128 (6 entries)
pcibios0: PCI Exclusive IRQs: 5 10 11
pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:17:0 ("VIA VT82C596A ISA" rev 0x00)
pcibios0: PCI bus #1 is the last bus
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xf200 0xd0000/0x8000!
cpu0 at mainbus0
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "VIA VT8623 PCI" rev 0x00
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "VIA VT8633 AGP" rev 0x00
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "VIA CLE266" rev 0x03: aperture at
0xe4000000, size 0x10000000
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
"VIA VT6306 FireWire" rev 0x80 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 not configured
pciide0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "VIA VT6420 SATA" rev 0x80: DMA
pciide0: using irq 11 for native-PCI interrupt
pciide1 at pci0 dev 15 function 1 "VIA VT82C571 IDE" rev 0x06: DMA,
channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to
compatibility
wd0 at pciide1 channel 0 drive 0: <HDS722580VLAT20>
wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 78533MB, 160836480 sectors
atapiscsi0 at pciide1 channel 0 drive 1
scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ASUS, CD-S520/A4, 1.32> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable
wd0(pciide1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
cd0(pciide1:0:1): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
pciide1: channel 1 disabled (no drives)
uhci0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x81: irq 10
usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1 at pci0 dev 16 function 1 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x81: irq 10
usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1
uhub1: VIA UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2 at pci0 dev 16 function 2 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x81: irq 11
usb2 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2 at usb2
uhub2: VIA UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci3 at pci0 dev 16 function 3 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x81: irq 11
usb3 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0
uhub3 at usb3
uhub3: VIA UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0 at pci0 dev 16 function 4 "VIA VT6202 USB" rev 0x86: irq 5
usb4 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub4 at usb4
uhub4: VIA EHCI root hub, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
viapm0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "VIA VT8237 ISA" rev 0x00
iic0 at viapm0
auvia0 at pci0 dev 17 function 5 "VIA VT8233 AC97" rev 0x60: irq 5
ac97: codec id 0x41445368 (Analog Devices AD1888)
ac97: codec features headphone, 20 bit DAC, No 3D Stereo
audio0 at auvia0
vr0 at pci0 dev 18 function 0 "VIA RhineII-2" rev 0x78: irq 10,
address 00:11:d8:xx:xx:xx
ukphy0 at vr0 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 10: OUI
0x004063, model 0x0032
isa0 at mainbus0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7
lm0 at isa0 port 0x290/8: W83627THF
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16
pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pccom0: console
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
biomask ff6d netmask ff6d ttymask ffef
pctr: user-level cycle counter enabled
dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80
root on wd0a
rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302


Cheers,
Constantine.

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