Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 09:18:26 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: Daniel Lang <dl@leo.org> Cc: FreeBSD current mailing list <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: LOR (vm object - swap_pager swhash) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0407010913140.28103@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <20040701083434.GA83951@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> References: <20040701061818.GA80579@lucky.net> <20040701063105.GA20785@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.BSF.4.53.0407010706370.28103@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net> <20040701083434.GA83951@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
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On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Daniel Lang wrote:
> Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote on Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 07:21:00AM +0000:
> [..]
> > > > *yawn*
> [..]
> > > I'm suprised I haven't seen a commit from you that adds "THIS IS A KNOWN
> > > ISSUE" is flashing neon ;)
> >
> > ok gentlemen, so please close PR 68523: duplicate of 58749.
> [..]
>
> Didn't Brian want to add a message in the LOR code to
> refer to the LOR-Webpage?
I really didn't like the idea of having my webserver listed in the
FreeBSD kernel sources (patch pasted in).
--- subr_witness.c.orig Thu Jul  1 08:41:54 2004
+++ subr_witness.c      Thu Jul  1 09:12:31 2004
@@ -853,6 +853,8 @@ witness_checkorder(struct lock_object *l
                         * Ok, yell about it.
                         */
                        printf("lock order reversal\n");
+                       printf("before reporting please check http://"
+                               "sources.zabbadoz.net/freebsd/lor.html\n");
                        /*
                         * Try to locate an earlier lock with
                         * witness w in our list.
Please note: I still veto against this - not because it is my webserver
but I think it's a bad idea... Let the users learn how to use <enter
your favourite serach machine here>.
Perhaps adding something like:
	"before reporting please first search the archives for LOR"
would be more helpful.
-- 
Bjoern A. Zeeb				bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT
Programming is a race between programmers, who try and make more and
more idiot-proof software, and universe, which produces more and more
remarkable idiots.
Until now, universe leads the race.			- R. Cooka
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