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Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 12:02:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com>
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To: ponds!freebsd.org!dyson, ponds!freefall.cdrom.com!freebsd-hackers,
        ponds!lakes.water.net!rivers, ponds!lambert.org!terry
Subject: Re: More info on the daily panics...
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Terry writes:
> 
> > > The patch only prevents a condition from occuring instead of panic'ing
> > > when it does occur.  Ie: it prevents one less error condition that can't
> > > be handled from needing to be checked, and then "not handled" (panic).
> > 
> >  Ok, then we can deduce that my panic was not from this condition, right?
> > (Since this condition can no longer occur, and I still get the panic...)
> 
> This particular panic on this particular occasion, anyway.
> 
> Do you export any FS's to NFS clients?  I believe the similar problem
> to which David refers is a cascade error related to client usage of the
> VFS (there are too many possiblities at this point, frankly).
> 
> The NFS, like the vfs_syscalls.c, is a client of VFS services.
> 
> 
  Yes, I do export some file systems to NFS clients... my 
/etc/exports:

   
   / -alldirs -maproot=0
   /usr -alldirs -maproot=0

However, nobody mounts them.  I can be sure of this because
there are physically only two machines on this network, and the other
machine does no NFS mounting...

Now, the machine getting the panics is doing some NFS mounting,
as described in previous mail.

	- Dave Rivers -