Subject: kern/33513: vnode dirtiness problem
To: None <kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: None <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/19/2006 13:10:00
>Number: 33513
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: vnode dirtiness problem
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: kern-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Fri May 19 13:10:00 +0000 2006
>Originator: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
>Release: NetBSD 3.99.17
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD kaeru 3.99.17
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
there are some code which explicitly mark pages dirty by clearing
PG_CLEAN. if the pages belong to a vnode, the vnode should be
marked dirty as well.
i guess what Joel CARNAT reported on port-xen@ is a symptom of
this bug.
http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/port-xen/2006/05/12/0000.html
http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/port-xen/2006/05/18/0000.html
>How-To-Repeat:
code inspection.
>Fix:
when making a page dirty,
- mark the vnode dirty.
- if the filesystem uses genfs, increment g_dirtygen somehow.
>Unformatted: