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Date:      Sun, 18 May 1997 13:08:39 +0200 (MEST)
From:      Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
To:        dfr@nlsystems.com (Doug Rabson)
Cc:        kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE, dyson@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: can anyone confirm my NFS/VM problem?
Message-ID:  <199705181108.NAA07993@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970517164819.5082B-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> from Doug Rabson at "May 17, 97 04:52:46 pm"

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> On Fri, 16 May 1997, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I have created a test case to repeat that weird NFS/VM problem I
> > have here with a physics production program - the exposed bug is
> > really a showstopper for our production and I'm not sure if it is
> > not also in 2.2.1R.
> > (Don't know if Doug is already going to deal with this group
> > of NFS/VM/MMAP problems). Anyway, to assure it is really a
> > repeatable problem independent of some local peculiarity here
> > at my site, I'm seeking for someone with the following
> > configuration:
> 
> Well I think I have a fix.  It was bloody painful too.  There were some
> extremely ugly problems associated with NFS' use of b_validoff and
> b_validend.  I attempted to fix them but it still feels pretty fragile
> although it does pass Ghristoph's test case.

I tested it here and can confirm the latter - at least it cures my test
case.

> 
> John, could you have a look at these changes and tell me whether they make
> sense?
> 

[ patch of
  kern/vfs_bio.c
  vm/vm_fault.c
  vm/vnode_pager.c
  ommitted ]

> --
> Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
> Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 951 1891
> 

--
Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de



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