From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 25 14:32:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECC6B37B401; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:32:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from vador.skynet.be (vador.skynet.be [195.238.3.236]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74C2843EBE; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:32:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (ip-26.shub-internet.org [194.78.144.26] (may be forged)) by vador.skynet.be (8.11.6/8.11.6/Skynet-OUT-2.20) with ESMTP id gAPMWKm00452; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:32:20 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from ) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <3DE29DE6.CDD96F3F@mindspring.com> References: <200211250959.39594.mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com> <20021125172445.GA8953@rot13.obsecurity.org> <3DE29DE6.CDD96F3F@mindspring.com> X-Grok: +++ath X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black; TextColor=black Reply-By: Wed, 1 Jan 1984 12:34:56 +0100 Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:29:55 +0100 To: Terry Lambert From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: -current unusable after a crash Cc: Kris Kennaway , Robert Watson , Mikhail Teterin , current@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 2:02 PM -0800 2002/11/25, Terry Lambert wrote: > If you made system dumps mandatory (or marked swap with a non-dump > header in case of panic), this still would not handle the "silent > reboot", "double panic", or "single panic with disk I/O trashed" > cases. 8-(. How about we do the safe thing, and only do background fsck if we can prove that the system state is something where it would be suitable? Or would that mean that we almost never do background fsck? -- Brad Knowles, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message