From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 10 20:41:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA08126 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:41:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA08084; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:41:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dyson@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA12283; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 22:40:59 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from dyson) Message-Id: <199806110340.WAA12283@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: perl forking causes panic in 2.2.6-stable In-Reply-To: <8790n4lig2.fsf@couatl.uchicago.edu> from stephen farrell at "Jun 10, 98 10:34:53 pm" To: stephen@farrell.org (stephen farrell) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 22:40:59 -0500 (EST) Cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: "John S. Dyson" Reply-To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG stephen farrell said: > "John S. Dyson" writes: > > > > unfortunately this panics my machine! the panic is get_pv_entry: > > > > > I agree that we should catch the error witihout panicing. I have > > added code in (guess where) to reclaim pv_entries. > > pmap.c, i assume. which function? > pmap_collect > > is/will the code be committed to -stable? > I am afraid of destabilizing stable further. If someone else is willing to test and take ownership, I think that I can convince DG that it is a good thing. However, this is code that might more need other support infrastructure in place. (Alot of the VM code has side-effects.) -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message