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Date:      Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:31:07 GMT
From:      David Evans <dave.evans55@googlemail.com>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   kern/143040: sysctl -a  hangs, as a side effect it breaks /etc/rc.d/initrandom
Message-ID:  <201001210031.o0L0V7VD036055@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <201001210040.o0L0e1qU013148@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         143040
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       sysctl -a  hangs, as a side effect it breaks /etc/rc.d/initrandom
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jan 21 00:40:00 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     David Evans
>Release:        9.0-CURRENT
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD  9.0-CURRENT GENERIC  i386 Wed Jan 20 21:25:68 UTC 2010

cvsupped as of today Jan 20 2009 at 1700 UTC
>Description:
sysctl -a

hangs at debug.witness.free_cnt

Pressing the debug key does not trap to the debugger.

I modified the syscons keymap so that ctrl-esc is the debug key, as
ctrl-alt is a special key on Desktop.

I'm running on a virtual machine (Parallels Desktop for Mac 4.0), but
that should not make any difference, I say hopefully.

sysctl -a was ok on 8.0-CURRENT here as of October 2009 on all
my other VMs

This bug breaks /etc/rc.d/initrandom as it uses sysctl -a to generate
some entropy.
>How-To-Repeat:
sysctl -a


>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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