From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 20 04:11:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2D8A16A4CE for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 04:11:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from green.homeunix.org (pcp04371970pcs.nrockv01.md.comcast.net [69.140.223.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59D2C43D2F for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 04:11:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from green@green.homeunix.org) Received: from green.homeunix.org (green@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by green.homeunix.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i7K4BlqW003920; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:11:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from green@green.homeunix.org) Received: (from green@localhost) by green.homeunix.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i7K4Bkha003919; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:11:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from green) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:11:46 -0400 From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman To: Doug White Message-ID: <20040820041146.GA1019@green.homeunix.org> References: <20040819165405.D95296@cvs.imp.ch> <200408191107.31678.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20040819231936.G95296@cvs.imp.ch> <20040819190555.S66276@carver.gumbysoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040819190555.S66276@carver.gumbysoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: Martin Blapp cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP: Background fsck deadlocks CURRENT and RELENG_5 solid X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 04:11:51 -0000 On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 07:06:53PM -0700, Doug White wrote: > On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Martin Blapp wrote: > > > > > I'm currently not able to reboot a paniced or unsincedy disk without > > > > doing a normal fsck. Just when the background fsck starts, the box > > > > locks solid. The load at this time is not significant. > > > > > > You might have a corrupted fs from earlier panics. Do a full fsck in single > > > user mode and keep doing it until you have no errors (i.e., if it fixes > > > anything run fsck again in a loop until you get no fixups at all). > > > > Nope. This happens on two different SMP boxes. If background fsck comes > > into play (whatever happened before is not important), the boxes lock. > > Can't say I 've had problems with this while debugging the IPI hangs. And > those are rock solid. I am having lock ups every day now (I think AGP-related wrt the nvidia driver, so I have just now disabled that)... but I certainly never got any due to background fsck. -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''''\ <> green@FreeBSD.org \ The Power to Serve! \ Opinions expressed are my own. \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\