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) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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