From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 29 10:20:11 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EC4D16A46C for ; Tue, 29 May 2007 10:20:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E0E113C4B0 for ; Tue, 29 May 2007 10:20:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c14so567133anc for ; Tue, 29 May 2007 03:20:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=VronvyjcKLBNN6N4kIn6SOmaJjx/kMqvcthrfeyyWB52T5l/ma1vRvcqyJxeyYEhAd+NV2PJof1ToM6zwZjhiWGy5xl14mzvfKtcON3x/MwPpgvZzgAnz1p6vz5BaluPOLMRGQTVXikGXmji9KqKpS7SlxTlaaigLTsA4eCSdfY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=I1w3DkxQCmCBxrJvstStX9FHb6Q5qFsyEU0eyMwyub1jf2PRJoxbLpvjoSAiG60oNaUuViKk4nElU3VxpApSLWP04PoxOx5E0x8nC3G8jmt8dmSvjo9pwvQK13GjwdYXkSqeTasca9u4oj5/xCTaXUe+hFWJ8diM2Md9iTh47Vc= Received: by 10.100.121.12 with SMTP id t12mr5029356anc.1180434010540; Tue, 29 May 2007 03:20:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.9.14 with HTTP; Tue, 29 May 2007 03:20:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <499c70c0705290320x33e59ecbx6b39125e6c4bd619@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 13:20:10 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" To: "Bruce M. Simpson" In-Reply-To: <465BFC6E.3070506@incunabulum.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <465BE214.8040502@monkeybrains.net> <465BFC6E.3070506@incunabulum.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Rudy Rucker Subject: Re: ifconfig carp0 destroy = kernel panic X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 10:20:11 -0000 On 5/29/07, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > Rudy Rucker wrote: > > > > This is an old problem with FreeBSD 6.x. > > > > Three questions: > > Why has this not been patched in the CVS tree? > It has already been fixed in -CURRENT. > > Unless, of course, this is a different bug. I believe the bug you are > referring to is the one whereby carp doesn't back out of allocations it > makes on member interfaces correctly. > > Is there a solution that works? > Not for RELENG_6. > > Should I be posting this to freebsd-questions? > Mu. > > It's unlikely the fix will be MFCed to RELENG_6 because it involves some > of the changes related to address refcounting which either break the ABI > or are not conservative enough for -STABLE. > > BMS So when do you think FreeBSD 7.0 will be branched with this fix? -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/