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Date:      Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:31:10 +0200
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dump locks again
Message-ID:  <489C58AE.1030608@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <489C560A.4020809@netfence.it>
References:  <489C2AB0.1000401@netfence.it> <489C533C.6050103@FreeBSD.org> <489C560A.4020809@netfence.it>

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Andrea Venturoli wrote:
> Kris Kennaway ha scritto:
>> This was fixed in 7.0-STABLE.
>>
>> Kris
> 
> Thanks Kris.
> Since this is a critical production box, I'm a bit scared to track Stable.
> Do you know when this will be merged into a release (7.1 I suppose)?

I don't know if it is planned to merge the fix as a 7.0 erratum.  You 
could ask re@ about their plans if you like.

> Would it be safer to just get this single patch (if possible at all)?

Perhaps but I don't have a patch handy.

> I've also been advised (off list), to switch from the default 4BSD 
> scheduler to ULE. What are the implications of this?

Better performance, most likely.

> Would it solve this specific problem or would I still need to 
> patch/upgrade?

No, it won't solve it.

Kris



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