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From: Rashid Karimov <rashid@rk.ios.com>
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Subject: Re: Odd crash after inode depletion..
To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert)
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 10:22:23 -0500 (EST)
Cc: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199511131959.MAA17295@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Nov 13, 95 12:59:24 pm
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		Hi there folx,

> 
> > I've noticed an infrequent but consistent tendency for the system to panic
> > with "free vnode isn't" some time after hitting inode exhaustion.  With a
> > sample size of only a few instances, all I can establish is that I have NOT
> > seen a "free vnode isn't" panic without first having run out of inodes.
> > 
> > (system is running 1026-SNAP, by the way, which may be significant - I never
> > saw this panic under 2.0.5R, but then again, I can't recall ever having run
> > out of inodes under 2.0.5R)
> 
> This is endemic to the move from regualr to circular queues.  I don't know
> why, but going back to the old queues fixes it.

	Terry , could you pls post here the patch which fixes the
	thing ? The problem doesn't bug us for some time - but if
	it will return - I'll need the fix

> 
	Rashid