Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 15:23:36 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> To: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@beastie.mckusick.com> Cc: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>, Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: backgroud fsck is still locking up system (fwd) Message-ID: <200212062323.gB6NNax4066877@arch20m.dellroad.org> In-Reply-To: <200212062205.gB6M5q59093906@beastie.mckusick.com>
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Kirk McKusick wrote: > OK, it looks like my hypothesis on having a small number of buffers > and running out of them is the problem. I enclose below a patch which > should check for the problem arising and help to mitigate it. I > would appreciate you dropping it into your kernel and seeing if > it solves your problem. The fix is not ideal, but merely to see > if it solves this problem. If it does, I will figure out how to > do it properly. Thanks for your help. Yep, that fixes it. Now I just get the usual sluggishness while the background fsck runs (which is not too bad), but it eventually finishes and then all is well. Thanks, -Archie __________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Packet Design * http://www.packetdesign.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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