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Date:      Wed, 10 Mar 1999 11:48:57 -0500 (EST)
From:      Dan Swartzendruber <druber@kersur.net>
To:        sthaug@nethelp.no
Cc:        des@flood.ping.uio.no, 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:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990310114826.26880A-100000@mail.kersur.net>
In-Reply-To: <28892.921083219@verdi.nethelp.no>

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On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 sthaug@nethelp.no wrote:

> > 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.

I have to concur.  I've never understood the "don't worry be happy"
point of view on this issue.





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