re: kern/45361

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

> On 11/13/11 2:58 PM, Julio Merino wrote:
> > On 11/13/11 1:30 PM, David Holland wrote:
> >>   On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 06:25:06PM +0000, Jukka Ruohonen wrote:
> >>    >   Yes. Kernel from November 8 just crashed while compiling Postgres. 
> >> So still
> >>    >   can't upgrade from amd64/5.99.55 and all NetBSD-work is stalled.
> >>    >   However, I am too busy right now to check whether it is the same 
> >> problem.
> >>
> >>   Blah, I was hoping...
> >>
> >>    >   But better to keep this open so that there is at least one tracker 
> >> PR.
> >>
> >>   Indeed. I've also marked it 6-CRITICAL.
> >
> > Thanks.  I will also try tomorrow if I still see the same issue with
> > qemu, just in case the problem has "shifted" in some way.
> >
> 
> I can't actually reproduce the problem any more on my amd64 VM.  qemu 
> builds just fine under intensive swapping.
> 
> I'm wondering if the problems that jruohonen is still experiencing are 
> the same I was hitting, or just have similar symptoms.

the problem with swapping under load was fixed by myself/matt a 
while ago.  that's the subject of this PR.  i'm pretty sure this
PR should be closed.

if there are other problems without PRs occuring, they should be
given new PRs.  ie, don't confuse multiple issues in the same PR.


.mrg.