re: CVS commit: src/lib/libperfuse

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

> Module Name:  src
> Committed By: manu
> Date:         Sun Oct 23 05:01:00 UTC 2011
> 
> Modified Files:
>       src/lib/libperfuse: perfuse.c
> 
> Log Message:
> perfuse memory usage can grow quite large when using a lot of vnodes,
> and the amount of data memory involved is not easy to forcast. We therefore
> raise the limit to the maximum.
> 
> Patch from Manuel Bouyer. It helps completing a cvs update on a glusterfs
> colume.

this seems like the wrong answer.  if rlimits aren't enough, then the
*user* should be increasing them, not the system.

additionally, why does it have to have so much memory?  surely most of
it is a cache?  can't it manage the size?


.mrg.