Re: stress test deadlock involving vm and/or geom

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:34:08 +0200
In message <200509290731.j8T7V2OR007019_at_gw.catspoiler.org>, Don Lewis writes:

>(kgdb) print runningbufspace
>$3 = 1585152
>(kgdb) print lorunningspace
>$4 = 524288
>print hirunningspace
>$5 = 1048576
>
>so runningbufspace >> hirunningspace
>
>The bufdaemon and the syncer both ignore the runningbufspace limit.
>Maybe they should obey the limit, but each be guaranteed a minimum
>quota.

I'm not quite sure what a/the sensible solution is, but the
lemming-syncer certainly is my prime suspect.

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