Re: ioflush kernel thread chewing CPU time

[Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

enami tsugutomo wrote:

> Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:
> 
> > A netbsd-5 gprof kernel just reset the system as soon as it loaded/started.
> > I'll dig around with that a bit more when I get a chance.
> 
> It panics due to patch size mismatch.  Also, we need to fix mcount
> call offset.  Andrew, may I commit this change?
> 
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2009/02/07/msg216909.html

I can confirm that a netbsd-5 kernel boots and profiling works with this
change.  I haven't yet tried to boot a non-profiled kernel, though from
the patch I can't see that not working either.

Cheers,
Simon.