From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 16 22:20:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0205816A418 for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:20:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [202.89.146.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9778113C43E for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:20:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 37276285E1; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:55:21 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:55:21 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Steven Friedrich Message-ID: <20080216215521.GB12555@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <200802161142.53044.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200802161142.53044.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shutdown anomaly 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: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:20:21 -0000 On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 11:42:52AM -0500, Steven Friedrich wrote: > I am seeing the following messages, which appear to indicate a memory > overwrite: > Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system processs 'vnlru' to stop...done > Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system processs 'bufdaemon' to stop...done > a > iStyinncgi n(gm adxi s6k0s ,s evcnoonddess) rfeomra isnyisntge.m. .pr0o > cess 'syncer' to stop...0 0 done > All buffers synced. > Uptime: 8m9s It's an interleaved buffer messages on SMP systems. The problem is known, but I haven't heard of a proposed solution yet. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.