Subject: pkg/6953: top crashes on machines without swap
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Dave Huang <khym@bga.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/06/1999 15:18:25
>Number: 6953
>Category: pkg
>Synopsis: top crashes on machines without swap
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat Feb 6 13:20:04 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Dave Huang
>Organization:
Name: Dave Huang | Mammal, mammal / their names are called /
INet: khym@bga.com | they raise a paw / the bat, the cat /
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>Release: February 5, 1999
>Environment:
System: NetBSD fluff.metonymy.com 1.3I NetBSD 1.3I (FLUFF) #10: Fri Feb 5 03:13:04 CST 1999 khym@dahan.metonymy.com:/usr/src.local/sys/arch/i386/compile/FLUFF i386
>Description:
The top-3.5beta7 package crashes on machines that don't have
any swap space configured.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- patch-ab.orig Sat Feb 6 15:12:05 1999
+++ patch-ab Sat Feb 6 15:12:18 1999
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
+
+ memory_stats[4] = memory_stats[5] = 0;
+
-+ sep = NULL;
++ seporig = NULL;
+ do {
+ nswap = swapctl(SWAP_NSWAP, 0, 0);
+ if (nswap < 1)
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: