Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 22:40:59 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: stephen@farrell.org (stephen farrell) Cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: perl forking causes panic in 2.2.6-stable Message-ID: <199806110340.WAA12283@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <8790n4lig2.fsf@couatl.uchicago.edu> from stephen farrell at "Jun 10, 98 10:34:53 pm"
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stephen farrell said: > "John S. Dyson" <dyson@freebsd.org> writes: > > > > unfortunately this panics my machine! the panic is get_pv_entry: > > > > > I agree that we should catch the error witihout panicing. I have > > added code in (guess where) to reclaim pv_entries. > > pmap.c, i assume. which function? > pmap_collect > > is/will the code be committed to -stable? > I am afraid of destabilizing stable further. If someone else is willing to test and take ownership, I think that I can convince DG that it is a good thing. However, this is code that might more need other support infrastructure in place. (Alot of the VM code has side-effects.) -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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