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Date:      Tue, 04 Nov 2003 01:47:49 -0500
From:      "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_bio.c 
Message-ID:  <200311040647.hA46lnRf059328@green.bikeshed.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org>  <200311040630.hA46U1Kn075079@repoman.freebsd.org> 

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Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> mckusick    2003/11/03 22:30:01 PST
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/kern             vfs_bio.c 
>   Log:
>   Allow the bufdaemon and update daemon processes to skip the
>   waitrunningbufspace() calls so that they are always able to
>   proceed and clean up buffer space.

This will fix at least some of any deadlocks you may be seeing with md(4) or 
similar devices, totally unrelated to hardware.

-- 
Brian Fundakowski Feldman                           \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''''\
  <> green@FreeBSD.org                               \  The Power to Serve! \
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