Re: vfsync_bp skipping dirty buffer

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:
:Hi,
:
:I have these errors thrown to the console.
:
:Warning: vfsync_bp skipping dirty buffer 0xc2c87c98
:Warning: vfsync_bp skipping dirty buffer 0xc2e157ec
:Warning: vfsync_bp skipping dirty buffer 0xc2cc869c
:Warning: vfsync_bp skipping dirty buffer 0xc2c519e0
:
:What do they mean?
:Are they serious?
:
:thanks
:
:--Siju

    No, you can ignore them.  They are just a placemark for some future
    work.  It just means the async filesystem sync that occurs every 30-60
    seconds could not immediate sync the buffer due to it being temporarily
    locked by another kernel thread.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>