From owner-freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 26 10:30:30 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E6D416A468 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:30:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [209.31.154.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B40A13C4D9 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:30:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [209.31.154.41]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98426479C2 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:18:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:14:35 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20071126101420.N65286@fledge.watson.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Subject: Re: RELENG_6 kernel panic + savecore(8) problem (fwd) X-BeenThere: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion related to /etc/rc.d design and implementation." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:30:30 -0000 FYI. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:33:13 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick 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"