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Re: vrele vs. syncer deadlock



On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 08:39:06PM +0000, Michael van Elst wrote:
> dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost (David Holland) writes:
> 
> >On a low-memory machine Nick ran into the following deadlock:
> 
> >  (a) rename -> vrele on child -> inactive -> truncate -> getblk ->
> >      no memory in buffer pool -> wait for syncer

Could the child vnode tidyup be done at a later time?
ie just queue it in the vrele path.

	David

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