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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_lookup.c
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* Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> [010831 16:46] wrote:
> 
> :
> :* Matt Dillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org> [010831 14:36] wrote:
> :> dillon      2001/08/31 12:36:50 PDT
> :> 
> :>   Modified files:        (Branch: RELENG_4)
> :>     sys/kern             vfs_lookup.c 
> :>   Log:
> :>   MFC 1.46
> :>   
> :>   Approved by: jkh
> :>   
> :>   Revision  Changes    Path
> :>   1.38.2.3  +7 -1      src/sys/kern/vfs_lookup.c
> :> 
> :
> :Could this somehow result in a vnode leak?  What are the problems
> :one might see if this bug is tripped many times?
> :
> :-- 
> :-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
> :'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
> :start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
> 
>     I don't follow.  What bug?  

The bug where a heavily used NFS mount would wire down all the vnodes
in the system and exhaust kvm, basically what motivated me to
contact you about the swapblock reduction thing.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'

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