> On a busy server (i386), identd often seems to enter a while(1); loop.
 > Long time ago, I was told that this happens because the kernel structures
 > change while identd is reading them.  Is there a fix for this (I'm getting
 > tired of killing identd processes day and night) or should I simply patch
 > the source to set the CPU usage limit to 5 seconds or so and make the
 > system kill the run-away identd's automatically?
 > 
 > The problem exists under NetBSD 1.3.3, at least, but somehow I think it
 > hasn't been addressed in -current... ;)

This bug occured both libkvm and identd bugs under old NetBSD.
It was solved in -cuurent.

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		SAITOH Masanobu (msaitoh@spa.is.uec.ac.jp,
		                 msaitoh@netbsd.org)
		University of Electro-Communications