Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:56:27 +0400 From: Roman Kurakin <rik@cronyx.ru> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_shutdown.c Message-ID: <40FEA03B.9070008@cronyx.ru> In-Reply-To: <40FE9A94.5090805@root.org> References: <200407211604.i6LG4kFK052991@repoman.freebsd.org> <40FE95FD.6000101@cronyx.ru> <40FE9A94.5090805@root.org>
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Nate Lawson wrote: > Roman Kurakin wrote: > >> Robert Watson wrote: >> >>> FreeBSD src repository >>> >>> Modified files: >>> sys/kern kern_shutdown.c Log: >>> Don't sync the file system on panic by default. This seems to >>> basically >>> work very infrequently, and often results in a compound panic which >>> confuses debugging; locking/SMP have made the layering violation (and >>> risks) of this more obvious over time. >>> >>> Discussed with: green, bde, et al. >>> >>> Revision Changes Path >>> 1.160 +1 -1 src/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c >> > > > >> How to change behavior? >> >> rik > > > While Robert's followup was very detailed, I think the answer Rik is > looking for is "sysctl kern.sync_on_panic". :) Yea, this is closer to what I want to know. ;-) rik > > -Nate > >
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