Re: ataraid(4) problems

[Hiroyuki Bessho <bsh%netbsd.org@localhost>]

At Fri, 14 May 2010 16:55:05 +0200,
Juan Romero Pardines wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 14 May 2010 23:27:51 +0900
> Hiroyuki Bessho <bsh%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> 
> >    Problem #1 is already known and filed as PR kern/38273, and a patch
> >  has already been provided by Juan RP <xtraeme@> for it.
> > (http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2008/09/17/msg002734.html)
> 
> I find it strange the user that reported the bug couldn't make it
> work; even more strange is when I tested it for weeks and massively
> performed IOs on multiple volumes on the same disks at a time
> (feature Intel MatrixRAID) and never never had a panic or corruption...
> 
> All debugging/preventive facilities on the NetBSD kernel were enabled
> (LOCKDEBUG/DIAGNOSTIC/DEBUG,WHATEVER) running on amd64 with SMP.
> 

  Is it the only reason why your patch haven't been committed yet?
I found that the symptom described in PR 38273 was 100% reproducible,
and haven't ever happened with your patch.
  Putting aside how to deal with the PR, your patch is useful and
should be committed.

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