From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 24 14:21:43 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C74FA345 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:21:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-3.mit.edu (dmz-mailsec-scanner-3.mit.edu [18.9.25.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69CB7EA2 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:21:42 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 1209190e-f79a76d000000d1b-4a-551171c25d96 Received: from mailhub-auth-3.mit.edu ( [18.9.21.43]) (using TLS with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-3.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id FD.E6.03355.2C171155; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 10:16:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu [18.9.28.11]) by mailhub-auth-3.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id t2OEGX5d017675; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 10:16:34 -0400 Received: from multics.mit.edu (system-low-sipb.mit.edu [18.187.2.37]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.12.4) with ESMTP id t2OEGU1t023778 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 24 Mar 2015 10:16:32 -0400 Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id t2OEGU3p025118; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 10:16:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 10:16:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: Da Rock Subject: Re: Delete a directory, crash the system In-Reply-To: <5510B995.8060307@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Message-ID: References: <551007DD.5020109@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <5510B995.8060307@herveybayaustralia.com.au> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFvrJIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixCmqrXuoUDDUYEmLvMWxxz/ZLL7/fMHs wOQx49N8Fo/XGxeyBzBFcdmkpOZklqUW6dslcGVs+vKOteAJe8Wsaz9ZGhh72boYOTkkBEwk tty7xwRhi0lcuLceKM7FISSwmElixYSdjBDORkaJOdNmsIBUCQkcYpL4c0EQItHAKPH61kWw USwC2hKNX96yg9hsAioSM99sBIuLCBhJzL/yHGgFBwezgJTEnbUVIGFhAUOJdScawWZyClhK zJjzH8zmFXCUaFnRxwQx/xuzxLQp/xhBEqICOhKr90+BKhKUODnzCZjNLKAlsXz6NpYJjIKz kKRmIUktYGRaxSibklulm5uYmVOcmqxbnJyYl5dapGusl5tZopeaUrqJERyqknw7GL8eVDrE KMDBqMTDG7BEIFSINbGsuDL3EKMkB5OSKO90J8FQIb6k/JTKjMTijPii0pzU4kOMEhzMSiK8 wipAOd6UxMqq1KJ8mJQ0B4uSOO+mH3whQgLpiSWp2ampBalFMFkZDg4lCV7+AqBGwaLU9NSK tMycEoQ0EwcnyHAeoOHpIDW8xQWJucWZ6RD5U4y6HHem/F/EJMSSl5+XKiXOKwBSJABSlFGa BzcHlmJeMYoDvSUMNASoigeYnuAmvQJawgS05Fw+H8iSkkSElFQDY+VR+5Bvv6RlSs9IK1/i 9X68qmX6e44p+3+87Xlso6N7+se1S/PmnKm/VGLzZB1H2NF14s6tARmXo//O+GHzoeKD2aXO FAGmxja7tR4XNG7KT9p95Mkh5xrj7/7XS/lkHZqi5nrUp7I1Bto+YNW7ypehzbCPK7u69ve0 12mrjobn5uzwkD3EoMRSnJFoqMVcVJwIAHm1gkwMAwAA Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:21:44 -0000 On Mon, 23 Mar 2015, Da Rock wrote: > Unfortunately, fsck isn't helping - foreground or otherwise. All it shows on > every single fs is inode 4 recovery which doesn't sound quite right. And Have you posted the exact output in a previous message (could you send a link)? > again, it is only showing during updates to ports being built. I'm Er, what is only showing up? The panics? Surely you are not only running fsck while building ports... > investigating further, but it may be just a corrupt file in pkg system. > > Incidentally, I'm not suggesting an absolute fix for the issue as such, but a > better means of handling it rather than crashing the system. The posts on this Understood. But, there will always be some types of error which are truly unrecoverable, and there is no real option other than to panic. (Which is not to say that your situation is necessarily one of them.) > If I discover anything more I'll keep everyone posted :) Thanks, Ben