Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU> writes:

> 
> >> I would have thought this would be fixed by now.  I consider this a major
> >> issue and reason enough to switch to another OS, and I'm sure many other
> >> people think this as well.
> 
> OpenBSD has a fix. It's sub-optimal but perhaps we could use it
> until a _real_ fix of the VM system is done?

Their `fix' will occasionally remove an object that another object is
pointing to, causing stray pointer references.  We were, in fact,
working with Niklas to fix this, but he apparently decided it wasn't
important enough to get it right, and punted.