From owner-freebsd-current Fri Feb 23 10:46:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA29016 for current-outgoing; Fri, 23 Feb 1996 10:46:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from godzilla.zeta.org.au (godzilla.zeta.org.au [203.2.228.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA29011 for ; Fri, 23 Feb 1996 10:46:43 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bde@localhost) by godzilla.zeta.org.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id FAA25281 for current@freebsd.org; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 05:42:29 +1100 Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 05:42:29 +1100 From: Bruce Evans Message-Id: <199602231842.FAA25281@godzilla.zeta.org.au> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: swaplist bug Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk The "cannot read swaplist: kvm_read: Bad address" bug is easy to reproduce on some of my systems by running a pipe benchmark program that copies about 1/2*sizeof(swap). This leaves parts of /dev/kmem containing some of the swap list unreadable. Apparently /dev/kmem is being swapped! The check added in rev.1.13 of mem.c fails. Bruce