Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:02:09 +0400 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Attempt to write outside dump device boundaries. Message-ID: <20080629150209.GB78422@edoofus.dev.vega.ru> In-Reply-To: <48677AD2.7030002@FreeBSD.org> References: <48676D80.9010409@FreeBSD.org> <20080629111547.GC58634@edoofus.dev.vega.ru> <48677AD2.7030002@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 02:06:42PM +0200, Kris Kennaway wrote: > Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 01:09:52PM +0200, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >> I am frequently getting this when trying to minidump on amd64: > >> > >> Physical memory: 8168 MB > >> Dumping 2133 MB: 2118 2102 2086 2070 2054 2038 2022 2006 1990 1974 1958 > >> 1942 1926 1910 1894 1878 1862 1846 1830 1814 1798 1782 1766 1750 1734 > >> 1718 1702 1686 1670 1654 1638 1622 1606 1590 1574 1558 1542 1526 1510 > >> 1494 1478 1462 1446 1430 1414 1398 1382 1366 1350 1334 1318 1302 1286 > >> 1270 1254 1238 1222 1206 1190 1174 1158 1142 1126 1110 1094 1078 1062 > >> 1046 1030 1014 998 982 966 950 934 918 902 886 870 854 838 822 806 790 > >> 774 758 742 726 710 694 678 662 646 630 614 598 582 566 550 534 518 502 > >> 486 470 454 438 422 406 390 374 358 342 326 310 294 278 262 246 230 214 > >> 198 182 166 150 134 118 102 86 70 54 38 22 6Attempt to write outside > >> dump device boundaries. > >> > >> ** DUMP FAILED (ERROR 6) ** > >> = 0 > >> > > Yes, it happens most often on SMP machines. Previously it could > > overwrite data on your disk (in our case it destroyed GEOM mirrors). > > Now the attempt is logged and prevented. > > > > What's your question? ;) > > I'd have thought it was obvious: "why?" > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2008-January/082752.html Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer
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