Subject: Re: nullfs panic: locking against myself
To: Noriyuki Soda <soda@sra.co.jp>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: port-pmax
Date: 07/23/1998 23:32:54
On Thu, 23 Jul 1998 19:20:51 +0900 (JST)  Noriyuki Soda wrote:

> > Can anyout out there who uses nullfs reproduce the issue?  Just try below
> > with NULLFSed NetBSD/pmax kernel.
> > 
> > 	# /sbin/mount_null <mountee> <mountpoint>
> 
> Did you try to test the patch provided PR/5239
> (http://www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=5239)
> by minoura-san (who will be one of the port maintainer of NetBSD/x68k,
> and is a user of NetBSD/{pc98,i386})

This patch only delays the problem (or a related problem).  Look at PR
5476 (http://www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=5476) for
details.  Minoura-san can't reproduce the problem because he's only
using nullfs on a read-only filesystem.

Simon.