Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 23:19:19 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: bford@uop.cs.uop.edu, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: panic: ffs_blkfree: bad size Message-ID: <14136.912669559@zippy.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 02 Dec 1998 23:10:43 PST." <199812030710.XAA59381@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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> Although I normally appreciate your humor, this bug is not > funny. Version 1.74 of vfs_cluster.c does not fix the problem, > and a person can totally destroy their filesystems. It wasn't an attempt at humor - I thought he still had an older kernel too and thought that David's attempted fix (I say "attempted" since it is clearly still nuking you) would set him right. > sysctl -w vfs.ffs.doreallocblks=0 > > Is the correct response. Why isn't this currently the default if it's as pathological as you say? Has anyone actually asked David this question? It would be only courteous given that he's the author of this bug/feature. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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