On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 08:23:24AM -0600, Frederick Bruckman wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 kpneal@pobox.com wrote:
> > Does this mean the problems with the system crashing when too many
> > files are removed has been fixed?

> Sure, I was bitten by that one myself. I didn't run into any such
> problems with 1.6A-K, so I was enboldened to turn it back on on the
> 1.6 box (now 1.6_STABLE), and since then I've moved file systems
> around and populated a new disk with no such crashes. A search turns
> up about half a dozen PRs with "softdep" in the name, but they're all
> against netbsd-1-4/netbsd-1-5, except for one against 1.6, requesting
> that softdeps be turned on by default. But don't take my word for it
> -- try it for yourself!

I was hoping for a statement from somebody Official saying that unlink()
calls will now block if softdeps runs out of room building it's graph.
-- 
"A method for inducing cats to exercise consists of directing a beam of
invisible light produced by a hand-held laser apparatus onto the floor ...
in the vicinity of the cat, then moving the laser ... in an irregular way
fascinating to cats,..." -- US patent 5443036, "Method of exercising a cat"