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Date:      Tue, 6 Jun 2000 23:16:47 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl>
To:        Troy Arie Cobb <tcobb@staff.circle.net>
Cc:        "'freebsd-stable@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FATAL FS Mount bug in -STABLE and -RELEASE
Message-ID:  <20000606231647.A2551@freebie.wbnet>
In-Reply-To: <AE4A7B7EB10DD4118CBD0050DA196F4F0BE25F@FRIGGA>; from tcobb@staff.circle.net on Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 05:00:17PM -0400
References:  <AE4A7B7EB10DD4118CBD0050DA196F4F0BE25F@FRIGGA>

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On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 05:00:17PM -0400, Troy Arie Cobb wrote:

Well, it would not hurt to (also) send-pr(1) it. Other than that my guess is
that people are busy with other things(?)

Wilko

> I'm a bit surprised that after two days no one has said anything about
> this fatal bug.  Am I submitting this incorrectly?  
> 
> - Troy
> 
> >   -----Original Message-----
> >   From: Troy Arie Cobb [mailto:tcobb@staff.circle.net]
> >   Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 7:35 AM
> >   To: 'freebsd-stable@freebsd.org'
> >   Subject: RE: FATAL FS Mount bug in -STABLE and -RELEASE
> >   
> >   
> >   More information:  this problem does NOT occur on the 
> >   latest 3.4-STABLE
> >   release.
> >   
> >   >   -----Original Message-----
> >   >   From: Troy Arie Cobb [mailto:tcobb@staff.circle.net]
> >   >   Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 1:10 PM
> >   >
> >   >   I've found a fatal filesystem mount bug in both 4.0-STABLE 
> >   >   and 4.0-RELEASE,
> >   >   tested on the 20000604 snapshot of 4.0.
> >   >   
> >   >   With both the GENERIC kernel and a custom kernel, the 
> >   system hangs
> >   >   tight when more than about 256 filesystems are mounted.  I've
> >   >   tested this with loopback NFS mounts, remote NFS mounts,
> >   >   and local NULL mounts.  The machine freezes, responds 
> >   to pings and
> >   >   changing of virtual console, but accepts no input.  No 
> >   >   errors are written to
> >   >   /var/log or console. A hard reset is the only way out, 
> >   CTRL-ALT-DEL
> >   >   doesn't work.  
> >   >   
> >   >   Please tell me what other info we can provide.  This should 
> >   >   be easy to
> >   >   reproduce, though I'd be happy to give anyone the perl 
> >   >   scripts we use
> >   >   to tickle the bug.

-- 
Wilko Bulte  	FreeBSD, the power to serve  	http://www.freebsd.org
						http://www.nlfug.nl


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