Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 23:46:22 +0300 From: Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> Cc: qroxana <qroxana@mail.ru>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenZFS: kldload zfs.ko freezes on i386 4GB memory Message-ID: <20201030204622.GF2033@zxy.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <202010300313.09U3D0KZ006216@slippy.cwsent.com> References: <E1kWvLj-0000GY-Ic.qroxana-mail-ru@smtp29.i.mail.ru> <202010300313.09U3D0KZ006216@slippy.cwsent.com>
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On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 08:13:00PM -0700, Cy Schubert wrote: > In message <E1kWvLj-0000GY-Ic.qroxana-mail-ru@smtp29.i.mail.ru>, qroxana > writes > : > > > > Hi, > > > > I have an old i386 machine running r364479. After upgrading to > > r367045, running kldload zfs.ko freezes the whole system. > > > > I also tried to replace the 4GB memory with another 2GB one > > and kldload zfs.ko works without freezing the machine. > > ZFS ARC stresses memory. I've found a number of bad RAM chips over the > years using ZFS. > > The OpenZFS upgrade significantly changed how it manages ARC. It's likely > that prior to the OpenZFS upgrade your memory wasn't stressed to the point > of failure. You can try to mask the problem by reducing your RAM clock rate > or or increase one of the other latency settings in your BIOS. However, > again, this only masks an already weak RAM chip. Sounds like performance drop and regression
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