Hi,
If /usr fills up during relinking kernel, the console spits out
masses of these warnings.
uvn_flush: obj=0x0, offset=0x476. error during pageout.
uvn_flush: WARNING: changes to page may be lost!
uvn_flush: obj=0x0, offset=0x476. error during pageout.
uvn_flush: WARNING: changes to p
I think we should fix the bug and/or DELETE the message entirely
On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 02:22:00PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> I think we should fix the bug and/or DELETE the message entirely
I don't see the bug. The message was added in the initial NetBSD
uvm commit.
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/uvm/uvm_vnode.c?annotate=1.1
With a major ref
> If I understand correctly, the problem is that writing to memory
> of an mmap(2)ed file has no error handling. If the file system is
> full, userland cannot be informed. So someone invented this message
> in the kernel.
If you cannot return an error to the program, deciding to print a message
On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 11:44:42AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > If I understand correctly, the problem is that writing to memory
> > of an mmap(2)ed file has no error handling. If the file system is
> > full, userland cannot be informed. So someone invented this message
> > in the kernel.
>
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