From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 23 18:32:01 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0764616A468 for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:32:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@hyperconx.com) Received: from front.hyperconx.net (front.hyperconx.net [65.74.165.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C27F813C4A7 for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:32:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@hyperconx.com) Received: from [74.93.163.33] (helo=Production) by front.hyperconx.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IZWFN-000OwX-Gn for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:32:01 -0700 From: "Wil Hatfield" To: Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:28:33 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <46F45F9E.3010705@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Kernel Panics in 6.1 and 6.2 always Exim 4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:32:01 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Kris Kennaway [mailto:kris@FreeBSD.org] > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 5:20 PM > To: Wil Hatfield > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Kernel Panics in 6.1 and 6.2 always Exim 4 > > > Wil Hatfield wrote: > > Well after a year we still haven't tracked down the kernel > panic problems > > that are occuring on both our 6.1 and 6.2 machines for those we have had > > time to upgrade. It occurs on 6.1-RC, 6.1-RELEASE 6.1-STABLE, > 6.2, you name > > it. > > > > We are noticing that all of the dumps are during Exim 4.6x runtime. I am > > suspicious of PR-97095 but would like others insights into the > possibility. > > Well, as that PR says, the patch was committed after 6.1-RELEASE, > therefore it is expected that older systems will have the problem. You > only provided a trace from a 6.1 machine, so if you are saying that it > still persists on an up-to-date RELENG_6 kernel, please file a new PR > with the details. > > Kris Unfortunately when I upgraded the machine I have from 6.1-RELEASE to 6.2 it stopped dumping for me. So I have nothing to analyze. However, I still get the kernel panics I did before. Same frequency and always Exim. I bumped into a thread somewhere that said something about setting nmbclusters=0 might be a good workaround for this bug. Anybody heard anything about this or does it seem logical? Wil