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Date:      Thu, 13 Aug 1998 19:04:03 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, dfr@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_diskslice.c vfs_bio.c vfs_cluster.c src/sys/nfs nfs_vnops.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.01.9808131901490.2114-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <199808130831.SAA09075@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Bruce Evans wrote:

> >  Modified files:
> >    sys/kern             subr_diskslice.c vfs_bio.c vfs_cluster.c 
> >    sys/nfs              nfs_vnops.c 
> >  Log:
> >  Protect all modifications to v_numoutput with splbio().
> >  
> >  Revision  Changes    Path
> >  1.57      +7 -3      src/sys/kern/subr_diskslice.c
> >  1.169     +4 -2      src/sys/kern/vfs_bio.c
> >  1.68      +3 -1      src/sys/kern/vfs_cluster.c
> >  1.106     +2 -2      src/sys/nfs/nfs_vnops.c
> 
> This can't be the right fix.  vwakeup() also modifies v_flag, so zillions
> of of modifications of v_flag need similar changes.  Perhaps keep the VBWAIT
> flag and a pending v_numoutput decrement in separate variables to reduce
> contention.

You are probably right about v_flag needing protection but I have never
seen problems that I can trace to v_flag.  I got hangs due to v_numoutput
corruption regularly.

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