Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:42:50 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r244105 - in head/sys: kern sys Message-ID: <201212121042.51362.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201212110123.qBB1NpOV060501@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201212110123.qBB1NpOV060501@svn.freebsd.org>
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On Monday, December 10, 2012 8:23:51 pm Alfred Perlstein wrote: > Author: alfred > Date: Tue Dec 11 01:23:50 2012 > New Revision: 244105 > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/244105 > > Log: > Switch the hardwired WITNESS panics to kassert_panic. > > This is an ongoing effort to provide runtime debug information > useful in the field that does not panic existing installations. > > This gives us the flexibility needed when shipping images to a > potentially large audience with WITNESS enabled without worrying > about formerly non-fatal LORs hurting a release. > > Sponsored by: iXsystems Witness doesn't panic on LORs. These are all bigger violations for things like doing sx_sunlock() on a exclusively locked sx lock. That is not safe and is merely going to result in data corruption and other unpleasantness. This sounds like a very bad idea. Did you talk about this anywhere (I have not caught up on various lists yet, so apologies if this has been discussed.) -- John Baldwin
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