Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 17:26:59 +0100 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: des@flood.ping.uio.no Cc: dillon@apollo.backplane.com, dcs@newsguy.com, Jos.Backus@nl.origin-it.com, dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru, perhaps@yes.no, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: panic: zone: entry not free Message-ID: <28892.921083219@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "10 Mar 1999 16:53:34 %2B0100" References: <xzplnh57340.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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> Uh, no. Invariants are for developers who want to make sure their code > is correct. There is no reason why an end user would want to build a > kernel with invariants enabled. Invariants will *not* increase data > safety. If they have any effect at all (i.e. if they actually catch a > bug), the result is a panic (whereas with a kernel without invariants, > the bug might actually go unnoticed). So for the end user it's better to have the bug go unnoticed than to get a kernel panic and notice the bug? Please tell me I'm misunder- standing something here. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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