On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Michael Robinson wrote: > >From the Vinum intro: > > "In order to perform its functionality, Vinum allocates a large > number of dynamic data structures. Currently these structures are > allocated by calling kernel malloc. This is a potential problem, > since malloc interacts with the virtual memory system and may > trigger a page fault. The potential for a deadlock exists if the > page fault requires a transfer to a Vinum volume. It is probable > that Vinum will modify its allocation strategy by reserving a small > number of buffers when it starts and using these if a malloc request > fails." > > Has this "potential problem" been addressed in the Vinum in Stable? > > If not, is there any other way to prevent a system panic if a drive > containing a swap partition fails? > The problem is avoided by *not* swapping to vinum drives. I'm not sure why anybody would like to do that anyways 8-) > -Michael Robinson > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
