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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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