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From: newton@cleese.apana.org.au (Mark Newton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: VM complaints in syslog
Date: 12 Jul 1993 22:26:10 +0930
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I've been getting messages like this thown up onto my console ever since
I installed patchkit 0.2.4.  Should I worry, or are they just purely 
informational?


Jul 12 22:22:29 cleese /386bsd: vm_object_dealloc: persistent object fe420e80 isn't clean

The comment in the kernel source code isn't exactly clear on this point :-)

                        /*
                         * Check for dirty pages in object
                         * Print warning as this may signify kernel bugs
                         * pk@cs.few.eur.nl     - 4/15/93
                         */


   - mark
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