On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 kpneal@pobox.com wrote:

> Oh, I appreciate softdeps when unlinking.
>
> On my 1.5.2 Alpha with 64 megs of RAM a rm -rf of a largish tree
> (like /usr/src) will panic the system. The kernel runs out of
> memory in not too much time. On reboot the fsck will take multiple
> hours to remove all of the disconnected files.
>
> If I /bin/sync in the middle of the rm -rf a few times then the
> kernel does not run out of memory and the panic is averted.
>
> Incidentally, has anyone else seen this?

Yes, and there are several PR's open on it. For me, it was the
experience of moving some large directory trees around after
installing a new 60gb disk that finally convinced me to turn softdeps
off forever.

Frederick