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Date:      Wed, 13 Nov 1996 10:22:25 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        michaelh@cet.co.jp (Michael Hancock)
Cc:        ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com, Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Even more info on daily panics...
Message-ID:  <199611131722.KAA22406@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.3.95.961113134357.11206A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> from "Michael Hancock" at Nov 13, 96 01:52:14 pm

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> IMHO, it's not good to speculate.  You need to confirm with absolute
> certainty that the patch is what actually fixed it.

I agree.  Your theory about the compiler bug and vrele() may be remote,
but it's still a possibility.


> You might want to do either of the following:
> 
> 1) Remove the patch and see if what happens.

This would be a good plan.


> 2) Put in print statements and see if the relevent section of code ever
> gets executed.  See other #ifdef DIAGNOSTICS for examples of how to do
> this.  I think vrele() had one.

I'd suggest an if/printf for the old boundry condition; I'd prefer taking
the fix out to get the original panics, with no other unrelated changes.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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