Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 09:45:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Seth <seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> To: kent@iastate.edu Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP and files Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905070944460.23695-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> In-Reply-To: <199905070225.VAA29046@isua4.iastate.edu>
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Please check the -stable mailing lists about 2 weeks back. There was a similar problem reported with find on -stable. Sounds from the description like you're being bitten by this same bug. SB On Thu, 6 May 1999, Kent Vander Velden wrote: > > I have been having several problems with -STABLE lately but generally > the problems were the same ones occuring again. Tonight a new one showed > up. This machine is searching over about 10k files totaling 5G using > grep and egrep from within scripts. When the scripts get to a point > where the same file is being accesses the scripts lock up. The grep > and egrep processes are stuck in the D state. Also, if I try to run > ls on the file the ls locks up. After this has happened the machine > seems to have trouble syncing the disks and simply does not reboot > nicely. The machine is a dual p133. There are only ultra wide scsi drives > on the system (except a jaz drive) controlled by an Adaptec 2940UW > controller. All partitions except / have softupdates enabled. This > problem seems to be related to updating from the March kernel to a > more recent one. > > > --- > Kent Vander Velden > kent@iastate.edu > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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