Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:14:35 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RELENG_6 kernel panic + savecore(8) problem (fwd) Message-ID: <20071126101420.N65286@fledge.watson.org>
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FYI. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:33:13 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_6 kernel panic + savecore(8) problem On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 06:21:36PM -0800, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > I believe the problem is that /etc/rc.d/swap1 is being run before > savecore. I'm guessing that swapon(8) actually destroys/clobbers the > existing saved kernel panic/core data, thus one will never get a > coredump in /var/crash. I believe some re-organisation of rcorder(8) > arguments in the files is in order, but I don't know what should > be changed to what. > > I'll submit a PR for the above, because IMHO that's a serious one. PR 118255 has been opened for this matter. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=118255 -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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