From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Fri May 6 00:12:08 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16EC5B2F96C for ; Fri, 6 May 2016 00:12:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02EAE1A2B for ; Fri, 6 May 2016 00:12:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id F2B54B2F96B; Fri, 6 May 2016 00:12:07 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F25AAB2F96A for ; Fri, 6 May 2016 00:12:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from slim.berklix.org (slim.berklix.org [94.185.90.68]) (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 8AFD31A29 for ; Fri, 6 May 2016 00:12:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from mart.js.berklix.net (p5B227BA8.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [91.34.123.168]) (authenticated bits=128) by slim.berklix.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id u460ARGn020625; Fri, 6 May 2016 02:10:27 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by mart.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id u460C6kR039317; Fri, 6 May 2016 02:12:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id u460Bgdg003818; Fri, 6 May 2016 02:12:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Message-Id: <201605060012.u460Bgdg003818@fire.js.berklix.net> To: Hans Petter Selasky cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ctfmerge slows & sometimes crashes From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://berklix.eu BSD Unix Linux Consultants, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://berklix.eu/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.eu In-reply-to: Your message "Fri, 06 May 2016 00:22:30 +0200." <572BC7A6.4050700@selasky.org> Date: Fri, 06 May 2016 02:11:42 +0200 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 May 2016 00:12:08 -0000 Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > On 05/05/16 23:53, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > Has anyone else noticed ctfmerge either > > - temporarily sucks the life out of the machine, > > - or crashes > > ? > > cd /usr/src; make buildworld ; make buildkernel > > linking kernel.full > > ctfmerge -L VERSION -g -o kernel.full ... > > No rponse from these: > > Attempt to start new xterm to host (to run top) fails, > > Attempt to Control Z suspend the job in existing xterm is ignored, > > Stroking keypad (aka mouse wobble) ignored > > Screen stayed black (as it was before cos xdm was running & no human using it) > > No disk activity. > > Eventually laptop fan ran a bit faster for a bit (BIOS ?) > > I had to power off laptop to reboot. > > > > I've seen it a few times in recent weeks with various recent current. > > > > uname -a > > FreeBSD lapr.js.berklix.net 11.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT > > #4 r298975M: Wed May 4 14:59:04 CEST 2016 > > jhs@lapr.js.berklix.net:/data/release/11.0-CURRENT/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > > amd64 > > > > /usr/src it crashed building is at svn 299060 OK I now have newer here. > > > > I have nothing to debug in /var/crash as > > swapinfo 2 355 200 1K-blocks > > bsdlabel /dev/ada0s1 4 710 400 > > > > dmesg real memory 3 221 225 472 (3072 MB) > > dmesg avail memory 2 759 401 472 (2631 MB) > > So ready for next one, I'll re bsdlabel the partition, > > (less risky than keeping a 4G ram stick in with /etc/rc.conf dumpdev=/dev/da0 ) > > > > Cheers, > > Julian > > > > Hi, > > I've seen this on 10-stable machines when compiling 11-current, but not > on 11-current machines doing the same build. > > --HPS Thanks HPS, I've repartitioned & rebooted with an exactly matching swap swapinfo 3145728 bsdlabel 6291456 dmesg real memory 3221225472 (3072 MB) dc 3145728 2 * p 6291456 512 * p 3221225472 & again running make buildkernel, I'll hope to offer a back trace next time. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.eu/jhs/ Mail plain text, No quoted-printable, HTML, base64, MS.doc. Prefix old lines '> ' Reply below old, like play script. Break lines by 80. Brexit: Meeting +UK blocks votes of Brits in EU http://www.berklix.eu/brexit/