Re: bin/51264: Fix src/sbin/fsck_lfs/bufcache.c

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/51264; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: bin/51264: Fix src/sbin/fsck_lfs/bufcache.c
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 18:43:59 +0000

 On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 06:15:00PM +0000, joseyluis%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
  > I think that this fix must be pulled to NetBSD 7 and NetBSD 6
  > (mainly case 1), because it can affect to the cleaner daemon and
  > fsck_lfs.
 
 The impact is limited (I think zero actually) because none of the
 tools resize more than once and they do it during initialization
 before there are buffers to rehash. Do you have a case in mind where
 it breaks?
 
 I'm not opposed to pulling it up, I'm just not sure it's actually
 necessary.
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost