On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 04:27:30PM -0700, Derek Kuli?ski wrote: > Hello Kris, > > Thursday, June 2, 2005, 11:06:54 AM, you wrote: > > >> > in 1.141 of ffs_softdep.c you added a call to backtrace() if bp->b_vp > >> > == NULL..you removed it in current in 1.166, but some people are > >> > seeing it trigger on 5.x > >> So it's harmless? > > I don't know, but I presume the debugging code was added for debugging > > reasons :-) > > Sorry, I didn't stated precise what I meant. > Since this code was triggered it means something went wrong, the > system didn't crash but I'm just wonder if something else could be > damaged. For me it looks like the problem was somewhere in the disk > writing code.
It is clearly a condition the original author thought important to examine when it occurs, since he added the debugging code. Whether or not it indicates a problem I do not know. Kris
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