Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 17:54:31 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: Gregory_D_Moncreaff@ccmail.ed.ray.com Cc: dg@root.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re[2]: FreeBSD 2.1: panic: vm_page_free: invalid wire count Message-ID: <199612072254.RAA12987@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <01ICQHQ35F4Y003FF8@ZEUS.ED.RAY.COM> from "Gregory_D_Moncreaff@ccmail.ed.ray.com" at Dec 7, 96 04:32:00 pm
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> I don't understand why it would show up now, and only > on one of the 6 machines I have running the same verion > of FreeBSD. > > Re the 2.1.6.1R version, has Walnut Creek got that on CDROM yet, > their page says 2.1.5 is the version they have... > One of the reasons that bugs like this occur at all is that they are not always reproduceable. No matter how careful I am when I write or port code, it appears that bugs sometimes appear. When testing, if I don't encounter it, I sometimes assume that there is none, and commit it to the system. You have encountered such a bug. It is likely that a few people had encountered it during testing, but maybe not? You are seeing the same syndrome that I see when I modify or write kernel code. It can appear to work perfectly for 99% of the people 99% of the time, but when the bug is found, it is amazing that the code ever worked at all! John
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