Bug 25519

simply:

panic: page fault

(that's the only message after the current time from /etc/rc and before
 'synching disks...')

How-To-Repeat: 
compile and run this code (as any user that has read/write access to the
sound driver):

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#include <machine/soundcard.h>

#include <fcntl.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>

void fast_writer(void);
void slow_reader(void);

void wakeup(int s) { }

int
main(void)
{
  sigset_t none;
  int child;

  child = fork();
  if (child == 0)
    fast_writer();

  /* let the writer set up the channel properly... */
  signal(SIGUSR1, wakeup);
  sigemptyset(&none);
  sigsuspend(&none);

  /* and let it get a bit ahead... */
  sleep(5);
  
  slow_reader();

  return 0;
}


void
fast_writer(void)
{
  int parent;
  int fd;
  int format = AFMT_S16_LE;
  int speed =  44100;
  int bits = 16;
  int stereo = 1;
  char out[17640];

  parent = getppid();
  memset(out, 0, sizeof out);

  fprintf(stderr, "pid %d\n", getpid());
  fd = open("/dev/dsp", O_WRONLY);
  if (fd == -1) {
    perror("fast_writer: unable to open /dev/dsp");
    kill(parent, SIGUSR1);
    exit(1);
  }

  ioctl(fd, SNDCTL_DSP_SETFMT, &format);
  ioctl(fd, SNDCTL_DSP_SPEED, &speed);
  ioctl(fd, SNDCTL_DSP_SAMPLESIZE, &bits);
  ioctl(fd, SNDCTL_DSP_STEREO, &stereo);

  fprintf(stderr, "fast_writer: starting loop\n");

  kill(parent, SIGUSR1);
  while (1) {
    write(fd, out, sizeof out);
    write(STDOUT_FILENO, ">", 1);
  }
}


void
slow_reader(void)
{
  int cnt;
  int fd;
  int in[1600];

  fprintf(stderr, "pid %d\n", getpid());
  open("/dev/dspW", O_WRONLY);
  fd = open("/dev/dspW", O_RDONLY);
  if (fd == -1) {
    perror("slow_reader: unable to open /dev/dsp");
    exit(1);
  }

  fprintf(stderr, "slow_reader: starting loop\n");

  for (cnt = 0; cnt < 10; ++cnt) {
    read(fd, in, sizeof in);
    write(STDOUT_FILENO, "<", 1);
  }

  exit(0);
}
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