From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 14:39:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42411106568B for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:39:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidn04@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0582C8FC1C for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:39:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidn04@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h27so592099wxd.7 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:39:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=M+raQiYxRSS98XEk0X8rafVvS9KPXuRDPOSwu1hWlWk=; b=s3fMost8CBKRpmNLvizFx5ea3vSK7XesDifEmTy418UjlowZgrEc3V96SYkvj3TIJT aNI5lVAdAFkxTyyeYD8A24mqf3eaBH7MeSCDApvcpAoXb77SDA1L7GUmIBFKjM/yUCf8 oC5QALGcelCUe76ecmUh3r3DnSU8g7HIfHK5Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=rUVq7ixwNb9Mqa1vBD7NCduSHwePWoqf9tV7Zl7+0mZcP5jPnW/EvM9mi3PV68nmPA 79ahK76nvw7SgEEVVJDxkUtN0IPCdXb0yz+XG1TXSKsTO7debAbdBdKHqGW27j03vWB4 Gdi8rUH6PoSs1ynteiAjZpzEssrCrRD4TTpdo= Received: by 10.70.47.19 with SMTP id u19mr12552334wxu.49.1218551960012; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:39:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.44.7 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:39:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4d7dd86f0808120739j7d2c8962j51ca31b7170a6ade@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:39:19 +1000 From: "David N" To: "Vincent Hoffman" In-Reply-To: <48A19B5D.4010707@unsane.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4d7dd86f0808120610s11fe4206xa2ad38b252a05db8@mail.gmail.com> <48A19B5D.4010707@unsane.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fsync: giving up on dirty - gjournal on 7.0-R X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:39:22 -0000 2008/8/13 Vincent Hoffman : > My understanding is that its nothing to worry about. > > http://freebsd.monkey.org/freebsd-stable/200609/msg00020.html > for example, where pjd@freebsd.org who wrote gjounal says > "It happens sometimes under load, haven't investigated yet what exactly > is happening, but you can ignore it for now, it's harmless, it just > means journal switch will be done a bit later." > > Vince > > David N wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On my FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE amd64 i get the following in my logs when I >> was upgrading my ports via portmaster. >> >> fsync: giving up on dirty >> 0xffffff00014745d0: tag devfs, type VCHR >> usecount 1, writecount 0, refcount 173 mountedhere 0xffffff00013b2800 >> flags () >> v_object 0xffffff000143f1a0 ref 0 pages 2057 >> lock type devfs: EXCL (count 1) by thread 0xffffff0001302340 (pid 39) >> dev mirror/gm0s3.journal >> GEOM_JOURNAL: Cannot suspend file system /usr (error=35). >> >> gm0s3.journal has a 2GB journal. Journal and data is on the same disk >> (mirror) >> >> Is this something to worry about? >> >> Smart for the disks aren't reporting any errors. this is with short >> tests and extended tests. >> >> >> Regards >> David N >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > Thank you for the info, that puts my mind to rest. Regards David N