Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 20:29:23 +0300 (MSK) From: Antony Uspensky <uspensky@x-art.ru> To: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable Maling List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Swap Questions Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1508182026260.33963@gw-old.x-art.ru> In-Reply-To: <55D23423.8090101@tundraware.com> References: <55CDE9EE.5090603@tundraware.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1508141135030.80352@wonkity.com> <55CF8E0B.7050608@tundraware.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1508172038500.31149@gw-old.x-art.ru> <55D23423.8090101@tundraware.com>
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On Mon, 17 Aug 2015, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > On 08/17/2015 12:53 PM, Antony Uspensky wrote: >> On Sat, 15 Aug 2015, Tim Daneliuk wrote: >> >>> So -L does fix the problem - sort of. The machine picks up the file as >>> additional swap on boot just fine. HWOEVER, when I try to reboot or shut >>> down the host, I get a panic telling me some noise about not being able >>> to shutdown swap for some reason. >> >> Try to swapoff (by hands) before shutdown. >> Shutdown sequence, I think, unmounts carrying disk before swapping off a carried file. If I am right, -L should be processed on shutdown also. >> Just a guess. > > Yes, that did it. > > But, isn't this kind of an operational bug? Shouldn't the shutdown logic > do the swapoff before the unmount if it sees files being used for swap? Yes. Must. > i.e. Should I enter this as a bug report? Yes, please. > The only reason this matters - and it's a pretty big reason - is for production > servers when someone logs in remotely, becomes root, and issued "reboot". The > machine hangs at the panic and never comes back ... something you do not see > unless you are in a console of some sort ...
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