Date: 27 Nov 2000 17:08:09 -0500 From: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MFC's to stable: descriptor races, low-memory fixes, disklabel Message-ID: <ybug0kd6pbq.fsf@jesup.eng.tvol.net.jesup.eng.tvol.net> In-Reply-To: Matt Dillon's message of "Sat, 25 Nov 2000 19:24:30 -0800 (PST)" References: <200011260324.eAQ3OUK33656@earth.backplane.com>
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Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> writes:
> I've just now MFC'd the items that were too late for the release - the
> descriptor race fixes (a big issue if you use threads), the low-memory
> handling fixes (a big issue if you run heavily loaded systems), and the
> disklabel fixes (the ability to install a virgin label on a slice, so
> you don't have to use sysinstall to do it any more).
> If you are still running 3.x, please keep in mind that due to their
> complexity very few of these bug fixes (as well as most of the serious
> security fixes that have gone in in the last two months) are being
> backported to 3.x. You really need to think about upgrading to 4.x.
FYI, the disklabel fixes probably should be backported to 3.x,
which will make it slightly easier to backport the redo of disklabel to
support more useful syntax's for partitions. (This change will be
committed by Warner Losh RSN; he already has the patches I did.) Not a
big issue, however.
--
Randell Jesup, Worldgate Communications, ex-Scala, ex-Amiga OS team ('88-94)
rjesup@wgate.com
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