Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 19:43:21 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hanging buildworld? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910161942210.593-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199910160841.KAA16352@yedi.iaf.nl>
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On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Wilko Bulte wrote: > As Doug Rabson wrote ... > > On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > > > The process sitting there is the one in 'objtrm' , cpp at pid 10569. > > > The machine itself keeps running just fine. > > > > > > Has anybody else ever seen this? This is sort-of repeatable on my NoName. > > > > I think other people have reported similar problems. There must be a place > > in the VM/VFS where a counter is being updated without using the atomic > > macros. I'll talk to Matt about it at the conference. > > OK, I'm not alone then :) It also happened a couple of times already that > a process (in this case csh and once also vgrind) went into a infinite loop. > This was on a different Alpha box BTW, but with the same -current src tree. > Could this be a manifestation of the same basic cause? I got an 'objde1' hang today which is probably caused by the same thing. I have a good idea of how to track this thing down but I probably won't get to it until after FreeBSDCon. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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