Re: is 'vnode sez' a sign of danger?

To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>
Subject: Re: is 'vnode sez' a sign of danger?
From: Andrew Doran <ad%netbsd.org@localhost>
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:10:53 +0000

On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 06:05:20PM +0000, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

> I"m getting ready to put my new laptop into production use; however, I
> still see a lot of those 'vnode sez' messages.  Are they warning of
> danger?  Am I risking instability?  File system damage?

It indicates that there is a bug in the code that recycles vnodes. It's
mostly harmless - won't cause file system corruption or crashes.

Andrew

References:
- is 'vnode sez' a sign of danger?
  - From: Steven M. Bellovin

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