Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 12:22:49 -0500 From: Jon Disnard <diz@linuxpowered.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: File system deadlock. GBDE(4) and/or MD(4) related. Message-ID: <3F2015E9.3050703@linuxpowered.com> In-Reply-To: <32719.1059059003@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <32719.1059059003@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20030724135707.GW43543@garage.freebsd.pl>, Pawel Jakub Dawidek writ > es: > > >> # touch /mnt/test.file > > > You are probably missing: > > dd if=/dev/null of=/mnt/test.file bs=1m count=512 > > >> # mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /mnt/test.file -s 512M -u 1 > > > What you have found has nothing to do with GBDE, I think it is the > usual "vnode backed md(4)" deadlock. > I wrote a howto that is somewhat similare to the desired steps in case anybody is interested in another way: http://www.ezunix.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=67&page=1 I've used gbde extensivly and have doubts about any issues. However, maybe some sanity checks in gbde would catch the problem? <shrugs> -Jon
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