On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jason Dixon wrote: > > I wrote a script that tested inode performance by removing unwanted > > blocks. It was pretty simple, so I tested it first against the first > > slice (it's the smallest, so it should be a quick test). However, > > something happened after I ran the script and the system no longer > > responds. Even rebooting the system, it just hangs where I would > > expect to see the boot> prompt. > > > > Perhaps there is some sort of performance inhibitor in the kernel > > that stops users from performing these delete tests against a whole > > partition? If not, surely there should be some way to protect stupid > > users from themselves. Or perhaps I should have just called the > > command (rm -rf /) manually, rather than by ksh? What's with this > > shell anyways, give me bash! > > I ran your test and got the same result, so this is a bug in OpenBSD and > they should fix it.
This has been fixed in -current. Dave
