cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_sig.c

[Julian Elischer]

Jeremie Le Hen wrote:
>>for a start I'd like to add a sysctl to turn off swapping out kernel 
>>stacks..
>>then if someone had a reproducible or atleast 'common" problem,
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>>we could suggest turning it off to see
>>if it fixes the problem.. that would be a big smoking gun..
> 
> 
> If I understand correctly, the problem with swapping is that it's
> highly non-deterministic.  Therefore having kthread swapping disabled
> would not tell us whether the bug is really avoided or if we are just
> fortunate enough to not trigger it.
> 
> Regards,