Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:10:46 +0000 From: Eir Nym <eirnym@gmail.com> To: obrien@freebsd.org, Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thoughts on TMPFS no longer being considered "highly experimental" Message-ID: <BANLkTinyiuRekZaT=uFF3GiWLE8wkn0HYw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110627174207.GA99971@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20110623163109.GA508@dragon.NUXI.org> <20110623202153.GS48734@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <20110627174207.GA99971@dragon.NUXI.org>
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On 27 June 2011 17:42, David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi KIB, > Thanks for the list of issues you know about -- I don't believe we have > PRs covering those. > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:21:53PM +0300, Kostik Belousov wrote: >> - I believe Peter Holm has more test cases that fails with tmpfs. He >> would have more details. I somewhat remember some panic on execve(2) the >> binary located on tmpfs. > > I've been following the patches you've been passing to Peter Holm as part > of this thread. =C2=A0Seems good progress has been made in fixing some of= the > issues. > > >> Removing the warning will not make the issues coming away. > > Quite true, but is there any other subsystem where we know we have bugs > and have put up such a scary warning? > > I've never used ZFS on i386, but I understand it is trivial to panic > with out-of-the-box settings. =C2=A0We don't print a dire warning for ZFS > usage on 32-bit platforms. =C2=A0So I'm not sure we should keep it for TM= PFS. > amd64 with 4G ram is also not the best for heavy-loaded ZFS server. I have to increase kernel memory up to 1.5-2 G to be sure if it works stable and fast. -- Eir Nym > > I cannot tell from your response if you're OK or against removing > the warning. =C2=A0[especially if your patches pass the Peter Holm test > and remove some of the bugs] > > -- > -- David =C2=A0(obrien@FreeBSD.org) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >
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