From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 10 02:01:48 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA07105 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 02:01:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.palmerharvey.co.uk (mail.palmerharvey.co.uk [62.172.109.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA07089 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 02:01:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk) Received: from ho-nt-01.pandhm.co.uk (unverified) by mail.palmerharvey.co.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with ESMTP id ; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 10:01:39 +0000 Received: from voodoo.pandhm.co.uk ([10.100.35.12]) by ho-nt-01.pandhm.co.uk with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2232.9) id 1LNB74QX; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 09:56:22 -0000 Received: from dom by voodoo.pandhm.co.uk with local (Exim 2.10 #1) id 10AWUp-0000EU-00; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 10:03:51 +0000 To: David Malone Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lots of "panic: vrele: negative ref cnt" X-Mailer: nmh v0.26 Organization: Palmer & Harvey McLane In-Reply-To: <9902091411.aa13395@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 10:03:51 +0000 From: Dom Mitchell Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG David Malone writes: > We think we've sorted out this problem. Trying to make a cross > device link to an NFS filesystem decreases the reference count > twice, so if you do this a few times you can panic a machine. I've > submitted a gnats report (kern/9970). I can confirm that this also halts my crashes with nmh's spost command. I'll leave it up to an NFS guru to tell whether it's the *right* fix, but it's certainly something that needs looking at, quickly. Thanks for your help. -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message