From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 27 11:50:44 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9781316A41A for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:50:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDE8413C442; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:50:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <47739190.8030000@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:50:40 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Punkey Funky References: <200711151120.lAFBK2vE013417@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200711151120.lAFBK2vE013417@freefall.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/103455: "swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer" with page file enabled (causes lockups) X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:50:44 -0000 Punkey Funky wrote: > The following reply was made to PR kern/103455; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Punkey Funky > To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, nick@nickwithers.com > Cc: > Subject: Re: kern/103455: "swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer" with page file > enabled (causes lockups) > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:36:29 +0000 > > "Me too"... > > Running 7.0-CURRENT, although I've seen this issue since 6.x. > > I note that many online resources claim that this error arises with either > disks about to fail and/or bad cables/controller. > > In order to rule this out, I purchased brand new hardware: > > atapci2: port > 0xdb00-0xdb07,0xdc00-0xdc03,0xdd00-0xdd07,0xde00-0xde03,0xdf00-0xdfff irq > 17 at device 11.0 on pci0 > atapci3: port > 0xe000-0xe007,0xe100-0xe103,0xe200-0xe207,0xe300-0xe303,0xe400-0xe4ff irq > 17 at device 11.1 on pci0 > [..] > ad8: 238475MB at ata4-master UDMA133 > ad10: 238475MB at ata5-master UDMA133 > ad12: 238475MB at ata6-master UDMA133 > [..] > ar0: 476950MB status: READY > ar0: disk0 READY using ad8 at ata4-master > ar0: disk1 READY using ad10 at ata5-master > > ... and despite the new hardware, the issue still occurs. > > I have checked the drives with smartmontools and see no issues reported. > > This leads me to believe that it's not (in this case) related to failing > hardware. > > This particular machine is a home system that performs filesharing, > firewall, DNS and mail server duties. It's by no means heavily loaded. > > When the issue does occur, the server is unresponsive on the console, and > no other access (ssh, www, etc) is possible. The server does respond to a > ping. > > -L > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html