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Date:      Tue, 11 Jan 2022 19:49:18 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 260793] 'swapon -a' can crash the system
Message-ID:  <bug-260793-227-TPDAHunZU1@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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--- Comment #5 from Peter Much <pmc@citylink.dinoex.sub.org> ---
Mark,=20
there seems to be a logical flaw in here:

You say we would be safe if the swap would be opened in write-exclusive mod=
e.
And You say, this cannot be done because of=20
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/main/sys/vm/swap_pager.c#L3006
which says that savecore(8) needs write access to it.

Now I am wondering what business savecore(8) might have on an already activ=
ated
swap  anyway - because I would think it's just too late then.

But what I definitely don't understand: what is the point of having savecor=
e(8)
access a swapspace that has been trimonce'd right before? (The swapon(8)
manpage does already say that this wouldn't work.)

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