From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 23 22:36:05 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 850D516A418 for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:36:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (hub.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A01513C474; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:36:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <46F6EA53.80800@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:36:03 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wil Hatfield References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@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 22:36:05 -0000 Wil Hatfield wrote: >> -----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. That is quite contrary to expectations, so you should follow up with the PR. Please try to at least take a photo of the panic traceback from DDB or something. Kris