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Date:      Mon, 16 Feb 1998 16:50:16 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Tor Egge <Tor.Egge@idi.ntnu.no>
Cc:        mike@smith.net.au, toor@dyson.iquest.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: VM messed: vm_page_free panic problem 
Message-ID:  <199802170050.QAA08610@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 17 Feb 1998 01:41:20 %2B0100." <199802170041.BAA19740@pat.idi.ntnu.no> 

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> > Would this mean that in "normal" use, attempting to execute something 
> > off an MFS would also cause problems?
> 
> Yes. A lot of swapping and a highly fragmented file system on MFS should help
> provoking this problem.

Ok.  Sounds like a must-have fix then.  

How can we encourage you to pursue more of these interesting issues?  
Resources?  Incentives?  Effusive thanks?

> > Thanks for the fix; it looks as though I was, indeed, chasing yet 
> > another wrong (but oddly functional) answer to the problem.  I owe you 
> > a beer.
> 
> I assume you are going to commit this and check whether 2.2.5-STABLE
> should have a similar change.

I've committed it to -current; I was going to ask if it was required
in -stable (ie. is this a fundamental problem, or just one that's 
arisen out of changes to -current?)

> Would a Diet Coke or a Pepsi Max be acceptable instead of a beer ?

Select an excessive number of beverages of your choice.  8)

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