From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 14:31:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8833E106567C for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:31:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA33E8FC19; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:31:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <489C58AE.1030608@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:31:10 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrea Venturoli References: <489C2AB0.1000401@netfence.it> <489C533C.6050103@FreeBSD.org> <489C560A.4020809@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <489C560A.4020809@netfence.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dump locks again X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:31:15 -0000 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