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Date:      Mon, 22 Dec 1997 11:00:01 -0800 (PST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        freebsd-bugs
Subject:   Re: kern/5355: Fix for NULLFS problems
Message-ID:  <199712221900.LAA16112@hub.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR kern/5355; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To: bde@zeta.org.au, cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca
Cc: cy@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/5355: Fix for NULLFS problems
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 05:52:30 +1100

 >Would it be a good idea to to have a panic() or a printf() where I return a 
 >FALSE?  I'm torn between providing better diagnostic messages and reducing 
 >kernel bloat.  By doing a printf() or panic() any author of a filesystem would 
 >know that he would need to do some work on his code.
 
 I think you have to trust the [author of] the filesystem.  There are many
 other details that must be right, and this particular mistake probably
 won't be made again.
 
 Bruce



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