Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 23:06:49 -0800 From: steve@Watt.COM (Steve Watt) To: wayne@staff.msen.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Infrequent disk system hang on 5.4-RELEASE-p8 Message-ID: <200603090706.k2976nIW035561@wattres.watt.com> In-Reply-To: <20060221173357.GE71757@manor.msen.com>
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(OK, I'm *waaay* behind on -hackers.) In <20060221173357.GE71757@manor.msen.com> you write: >We have an older server, running 5.4-RELEASE-p8 and used primarily >for email, which hangs every couple of weeks. The hang seems to >be in the disk I/O system. Based on the times of the hangs, the >triggering event seems to be running dump. > >We have a serial console set up, I broke to the debugger and got the >following. Since the hang is in the disk I/O system, a dump is not >possible. The many versions of inetd are likely due to users attempting >to POP their email. > >Any suggestions or tips on how to track this down and get it resolved >would be appreciated. This looks very much like a bug I ran across a while ago. Look for "snapshots and innds" in the subject line. It doesn't seem like this has been resolved. You may slap my hand for not filing a bug report previously; I'm about to do that. The solution, so far, seems to be "upgrade to 6.x". Whee. -- Steve Watt KD6GGD PP-ASEL-IA ICBM: 121W 56' 57.8" / 37N 20' 14.9" Internet: steve @ Watt.COM Whois: SW32-ARIN Free time? There's no such thing. It just comes in varying prices...
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