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Date:      Sun, 4 Jan 1998 14:46:52 +0100 (MET)
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        toor@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson)
Cc:        mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Process wedge in 'inode'
Message-ID:  <199801041346.OAA00895@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <199801040815.DAA11966@dyson.iquest.net> from "John S. Dyson" at Jan 4, 98 03:15:58 am

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As John S. Dyson wrote...
> Mike Smith said:
> > 
> > Just simultaneously checking out two copies of the kernel source using
> > 'cvs co sys', I have an interesting situation:
> > 
> > kingsford:~>ps axlwww
> >   UID   PID  PPID CPU PRI NI   VSZ  RSS WCHAN  STAT  TT       TIME COMMAND
> >  1000  1359  1348   1 -14  0  1356  864 inode  D+    v1    0:06.84 cvs co sys
> >  1000  1366   160   4 -14  0  1356  812 inode  D+    v2    0:06.77 cvs co sys
> > 
> > Neither process is responding to signals, and neither can be killed.  
> > The rest of the system is running as normal...
> > 
> > This is -current as of 971220.
> > 
> Yep, as I have said, I broke -current, and *please* expect it to problematical.
> The issues that I have been working are very complex and tedious, but the
> end result will be advantageous beyond even what I had expected.  I am
> within a few hours/days of commiting the corrected code, and please back up to
> code before my commit.  I do have test suites that expose the problems, and
> any usage of the erroneous code will lead to nowhere except frustration.
> 
> You'll have nothing but trouble with the code, including accumulation of
> disk blocks, crashes, and file corruption.  Please do not use -current right
> now.  I have been working 18Hrs/day on the stuff, even forgoing dates with
> an extremely attractive female friend of mine, and the approach that I

Oh oh... This is really getting out of hand...

;-) (could not resist..)

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