Re: LOR (vm object - swap_pager swhash)

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Daniel Lang wrote:

> Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote on Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 07:21:00AM +0000:
> [..]
> > > > *yawn*
> [..]
> > > I'm suprised I haven't seen a commit from you that adds "THIS IS A KNOWN
> > > ISSUE" is flashing neon ;)
> >
> > ok gentlemen, so please close PR 68523: duplicate of 58749.
> [..]
>
> Didn't Brian want to add a message in the LOR code to
> refer to the LOR-Webpage?

I really didn't like the idea of having my webserver listed in the
FreeBSD kernel sources (patch pasted in).

--- subr_witness.c.orig Thu Jul  1 08:41:54 2004
+++ subr_witness.c      Thu Jul  1 09:12:31 2004
_at__at_ -853,6 +853,8 _at__at_ witness_checkorder(struct lock_object *l
                         * Ok, yell about it.
                         */
                        printf("lock order reversal\n");
+                       printf("before reporting please check http://"
+                               "sources.zabbadoz.net/freebsd/lor.html\n");
                        /*
                         * Try to locate an earlier lock with
                         * witness w in our list.


Please note: I still veto against this - not because it is my webserver
but I think it's a bad idea... Let the users learn how to use <enter
your favourite serach machine here>.

Perhaps adding something like:
	"before reporting please first search the archives for LOR"
would be more helpful.

-- 
Bjoern A. Zeeb				bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT

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