From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 29 19:30:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 546FE106567B for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:30:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from outL.internet-mail-service.net (outl.internet-mail-service.net [216.240.47.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C1698FC1E for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:30:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from idiom.com (mx0.idiom.com [216.240.32.160]) by out.internet-mail-service.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C57B3246D; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:30:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from julian-mac.elischer.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by idiom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C56C2D600D; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:30:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4867E2EE.3070008@elischer.org> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:30:54 -0700 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Macintosh/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dominic Fandrey References: <48676D80.9010409@FreeBSD.org> <20080629111547.GC58634@edoofus.dev.vega.ru> <48677AD2.7030002@FreeBSD.org> <48678334.9070500@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <48678334.9070500@bsdforen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Kris Kennaway , FreeBSD Current , Ruslan Ermilov Subject: Re: Attempt to write outside dump device boundaries. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:30:38 -0000 Dominic Fandrey wrote: > 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?" >> >> Kris > > Not enough swap space? It used to check that before starting.. did that check get removed? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"