Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 19:51:28 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, Don Lewis <truckman@FreeBSD.ORG>, csjp@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_sysctl.c Message-ID: <20050809175128.GA8230@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050809083839.GD9970@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <200508081956.j78Jui1l095716@gw.catspoiler.org> <42F7BA45.4040700@root.org> <20050809083839.GD9970@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 06:38:39PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote.. > On Mon, 2005-Aug-08 13:02:13 -0700, Nate Lawson wrote: > >Don Lewis wrote: > >>On 8 Aug, Christian S.J. Peron wrote: > >>> memory. This can result in a number of different locking issues, > >>> including dead locks. > > > >One other thing: I don't think this should be MFCd before 6.0. It's > >possible that there are some drivers that violate this rule and having a > >release trigger panics is bad. This is the same reason we turn off > >INVARIANTS for releases. > > I personally think panics are preferable to deadlocks. At least with a > panic, it's obvious that something went wrong, and you have a fighting > chance of finding out why. Having a computer freeze for no apparent > reason is extremely frustrating - especially if it does so gradually. > > If necessary, we can always set the console background to blue and/or > call it a "guru meditation message" :-) A meditating beastie... hmm.. interesting thought.. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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