Re: kern.sync_on_panic

2011-06-27 Thread mdf
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:08 AM, Andriy Gapon wrote: > on 26/06/2011 08:51 Warner Losh said the following: >> >> On Jun 25, 2011, at 8:49 AM, Andriy Gapon wrote: >>> Does anybody actually use kern.sync_on_panic tunable/sysctl? If yes, then >>> in what circumsta

Re: kern.sync_on_panic

2011-06-27 Thread Andriy Gapon
on 26/06/2011 08:51 Warner Losh said the following: > > On Jun 25, 2011, at 8:49 AM, Andriy Gapon wrote: >> Does anybody actually use kern.sync_on_panic tunable/sysctl? If yes, then >> in what circumstances do you need it? That is, why any other alternative >> doesn

Re: kern.sync_on_panic

2011-06-25 Thread Warner Losh
On Jun 25, 2011, at 8:49 AM, Andriy Gapon wrote: > Does anybody actually use kern.sync_on_panic tunable/sysctl? > If yes, then in what circumstances do you need it? > That is, why any other alternative doesn't work for you? > Like: > 1. remounting filesystems R/O before pa

kern.sync_on_panic

2011-06-25 Thread Andriy Gapon
Does anybody actually use kern.sync_on_panic tunable/sysctl? If yes, then in what circumstances do you need it? That is, why any other alternative doesn't work for you? Like: 1. remounting filesystems R/O before panic if you knowingly provoke it for testing 2. using netboot for your test s