Re: savecore too (Re: kvm_getswapinfo is broken)

1999-05-29 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <199905291221.waa28...@godzilla.zeta.org.au>, Bruce Evans writes: >>Just found that savecore is broken in the same way. What is proper >>procedure to fix it? I.e. is it must be fixed in the kernel, leaving >>userland programs as is or in userland, leaving kernel as is? > >The kernel need

Re: savecore too (Re: kvm_getswapinfo is broken)

1999-05-29 Thread Bruce Evans
>Just found that savecore is broken in the same way. What is proper >procedure to fix it? I.e. is it must be fixed in the kernel, leaving >userland programs as is or in userland, leaving kernel as is? The kernel needs to maintain (or create as necessary for return by sysctl()) udev_t versions of m

Re: kvm_getswapinfo is broken

1999-05-29 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
"Andrey A. Chernov" writes: > Just check 'swapinfo' in recent -current, it shows "/dev/(null)" as swap > device, it means that devinfo() call in kvm_getswapinfo() returns NULL, > i.e. called with wrong argument which is swinfo.sw_dev Other interesting swapinfo(8) behaviour: root(yeshs-3)--# unam

savecore too (Re: kvm_getswapinfo is broken)

1999-05-28 Thread Andrey A. Chernov
On Thu, May 27, 1999 at 02:09:14AM +0400, Dmitrij Tejblum wrote: > This is a known problem. It is because dev_t in kernel and dev_t and > userland are now different things. This is worse on the alpha, where > they also have different sizes. So, on the alpha, the numbers are broken > too, not jus

Re: kvm_getswapinfo is broken

1999-05-26 Thread Dmitrij Tejblum
"Andrey A. Chernov" wrote: > Just check 'swapinfo' in recent -current, it shows "/dev/(null)" as swap > device, it means that devinfo() call in kvm_getswapinfo() returns NULL, > i.e. called with wrong argument which is swinfo.sw_dev This is a known problem. It is because dev_t in kernel and dev_t

Re: kvm_getswapinfo is broken

1999-05-26 Thread Matthew D. Fuller
On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 11:38:38PM -0600, a little birdie told me that Kenneth D. Merry remarked > > {panzer:/usr/home/ken:2:0} pstat -s > Device 1K-blocks UsedAvail Capacity Type > /dev/(null)3275520 327552 0%Interleaved > /dev/(null)3930880 39308

Re: kvm_getswapinfo is broken

1999-05-25 Thread Andrey A. Chernov
On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 07:33:57AM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Wed, 26 May 1999 09:08:11 +0400, "Andrey A. Chernov" wrote: > > > Just check 'swapinfo' in recent -current, it shows "/dev/(null)" as swap > > device, it means that devinfo() call in kvm_getswapinfo() returns NULL, > > i.e.

Re: kvm_getswapinfo is broken

1999-05-25 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
Sheldon Hearn wrote... > > > On Wed, 26 May 1999 09:08:11 +0400, "Andrey A. Chernov" wrote: > > > Just check 'swapinfo' in recent -current, it shows "/dev/(null)" as swap > > device, it means that devinfo() call in kvm_getswapinfo() returns NULL, > > i.e. called with wrong argument which is swin

Re: kvm_getswapinfo is broken

1999-05-25 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Wed, 26 May 1999 09:08:11 +0400, "Andrey A. Chernov" wrote: > Just check 'swapinfo' in recent -current, it shows "/dev/(null)" as swap > device, it means that devinfo() call in kvm_getswapinfo() returns NULL, > i.e. called with wrong argument which is swinfo.sw_dev Are you sure it isn't simp

kvm_getswapinfo is broken

1999-05-25 Thread Andrey A. Chernov
Just check 'swapinfo' in recent -current, it shows "/dev/(null)" as swap device, it means that devinfo() call in kvm_getswapinfo() returns NULL, i.e. called with wrong argument which is swinfo.sw_dev Fix it, please. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://nagual.pp.ru/~ache/ MTH/SH/HE S-- W-- N+ PEC>+ D A a