Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:23:46 +1000 From: Phil Homewood <pdh@snapgear.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ufs/ffs ffs_softdep.c Message-ID: <20020212102346.GF32279@moreton.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20020212090847.A3341@iv.nn.kiev.ua> References: <200202101911.g1AJBOk30917@apollo.backplane.com> <20020211010801.K8897-100000@patrocles.silby.com> <20020212090847.A3341@iv.nn.kiev.ua>
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Valentin Nechayev wrote:
> I think the bug history is longer that supposed, and some explicit checks
> should be added.
>
> OTOH it is very strange that softupdates code doesn't react on sync().
> At least, IMO, sync() should stimulate softupdates code to flush more quickly.
> As a variant, old ("asynchronous") Unix sync() behavior can be restored
> when sync() stimulates flushing, but doesn't return while previous flushing
> is in progress.
Could this bug be related to what I and Bill Triplett described in
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=13966+0+archive/2002/freebsd-stable/20020203.freebsd-stable
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=849071+0+archive/2002/freebsd-stable/20020203.freebsd-stable
?
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