Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 17:29:49 -0800 From: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@beastie.mckusick.com> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> Cc: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: backgroud fsck is still locking up system (fwd) Message-ID: <200212070129.gB71Tn59094250@beastie.mckusick.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Dec 2002 15:23:36 PST." <200212062323.gB6NNax4066877@arch20m.dellroad.org>
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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>
Subject: Re: backgroud fsck is still locking up system (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <200212062205.gB6M5q59093906@beastie.mckusick.com>
To: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@beastie.mckusick.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 15:23:36 -0800 (PST)
CC: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>, Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>,
freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
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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
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Archie Cobbs * Packet Design * http://www.packetdesign.com
Thanks for verifying that the idea works. I will attempt to figure
out how to do it correctly and submit a proposed fix.
Kirk McKusick
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