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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_diskslice.c vfs_bio.c vfs_cluster.c src/sys/nfs nfs_vnops.c
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>You are probably right about v_flag needing protection but I have never
>seen problems that I can trace to v_flag.  I got hangs due to v_numoutput
>corruption regularly.

Perhaps because errors don't accumulate.

Why doesn't NetBSD-alpha have problems with this?

Bruce