PR/60531 CVS commit: [netbsd-11] src/sys/kern

The following reply was made to PR kern/60531; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Martin Husemann" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: 
Subject: PR/60531 CVS commit: [netbsd-11] src/sys/kern
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:47:55 +0000

 Module Name:	src
 Committed By:	martin
 Date:		Mon Aug 17 15:47:55 UTC 2026
 
 Modified Files:
 	src/sys/kern [netbsd-11]: vfs_subr.c
 
 Log Message:
 Pull up following revision(s) (requested by riastradh in ticket #415):
 
 	sys/kern/vfs_subr.c: revision 1.504
 
 vflushbuf: Print `vflushbuf: dirty' warning only once per call.
 
 And do it only under DEBUG, and rate-limit it globally.
 
 This can happen when vflushbuf is competing with an onslaught of
 concurrent I/O on a snapshot or block device (which is done without
 holding the vnode lock, despite what the comment says).  That
 concurrent I/O might be happening indefinitely, so we are likely to
 have to print a _lot_ of warnings, potentially overwhelming the
 console, until the underlying problem is fixed by teaching vflushbuf
 to wait only for the writes that began before have completed, not
 also all writes that have begun since.
 
 This stop-gap measure intended to be low-risk for pullup to release
 branches.
 
 PR kern/60531: looping "vflushbuf: dirty" message
 
 
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 cvs rdiff -u -r1.502.2.1 -r1.502.2.2 src/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
 
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