Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 13:52:11 -0500 From: David Rhodus <david@uky.edu> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> Cc: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@beastie.mckusick.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: backgroud fsck is still locking up system (fwd) Message-ID: <D414C546-094B-11D7-883E-0050E460845F@uky.edu> In-Reply-To: <200212061839.gB6Id3Bn064745@arch20m.dellroad.org>
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On Friday, December 6, 2002, at 01:39 PM, Archie Cobbs wrote: > Kirk McKusick wrote: >> Does the background fsck process continue to run, or does the whole >> system come to a halt? If the fsck process continues to run, what >> happens when it eventually finishes? Is the system still dead, or >> does it come back to life? If the system does not come back to life >> can you get me the output of `ps axl'? If not, can you break into >> the debugger and get a ps output? (You will need to have the DDB >> option specified in your config file). > > OK, here is some more info.. > > I easily reproduced the problem again. So far it's 100% reproducible. > This time to reproduce it simply booted in single user mode, typed > "mount -a -t nonfs" and then pulled the plug. > > After the reboot, the HDD light soon stops blinking altogether. I > waited for several minutes (which should have been long enough) and > it never came back to life, which is not surprising considering > there's no disk activity. > > Breaking into the debugger still works. However, pressing the soft > power button no longer causes a graceful shutdown as it normally does. > > To copy the 'ps' debugger output, I'd have to manually copy it all, > so here are just a few highlights: > > Proc State > ---- ----- > fsck_ufs 0004000 norm[SLPQ nbufbs c036e5b0][SLP] > fsck 0004002 norm[SLPQ wait c124dce8][SLP] > syncer 0000204 norm[SLPQ nbufbs c036e5b0][SLP] > vnlru 0000204 norm[SLPQ vlruwt c12c0ce8][SLP] > bufdaemon 0000204 norm[SLPQ qsleep c036e5a4][SLP] > swapper 0000200 norm[SLPQ sched c0315a20][SLP] > > Softupdates is enabled on /usr and /var but not /. > > This machine also acts as an NFS client for /home/archie. > Why does softupdates not get enabled on / , by default on the install? -DR To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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