From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu May 4 9:50: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6BB937C0ED for ; Thu, 4 May 2000 09:50:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id JAA91830; Thu, 4 May 2000 09:50:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 09:50:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200005041650.JAA91830@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: "Jeremiah Gowdy" Subject: Re: kern/17347: msdosfs_rename and 'vrele: negative ref count' Reply-To: "Jeremiah Gowdy" Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR kern/17347; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Jeremiah Gowdy" To: , "Ian Dowse" Cc: Subject: Re: kern/17347: msdosfs_rename and 'vrele: negative ref count' Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 09:41:19 -0700 This patch completely fixed my problem with reguards to the kernel panics when trees of directory structure are moved or renamed on a FAT32 fs. It completely solved my problems, and I've had no noticable adverse effects from the patch. I recommend it be implemented asap, because this bug is a major flaw in the FAT32 support. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message