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From: Alex Nash <alex@zen.nash.org>
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Subject: vnode_pager_output: attempt to write meta-data
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This message popped up this morning in my syslog:

   vnode_pager_output: attempt to write meta-data!!! -- 0xfffe8000(ff)

Which comes from vnode_pager_output (vm/vnode_pager.c):

        if ((int) m[0]->offset < 0) {
                printf("vnode_pager_output: attempt to write meta-data!!! -- 0x%x(%x)\n", m[0]->offset, m[0]->dirty);
                rtvals[0] = VM_PAGER_BAD;
                return VM_PAGER_BAD;
        }

Do I assume correctly that the system is in an unstable state and I
should now reboot?

This is 2.1-STABLE supped Apr 18/Apr 19 (don't laugh, I supped with
a 14.4 modem :).

Alex