Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:36:54 +0300 From: Kalev Lember <kalev@colleduc.ee> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Giving up on x buffers - losing files Message-ID: <40DFBC86.3070103@colleduc.ee> In-Reply-To: <opr97ot8zl3qdyu1@localhost> References: <opr97ot8zl3qdyu1@localhost>
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Arjan van Leeuwen wrote: > <snip> > > Sometimes, particularly after doing a lot of file writes (i.e. > compiling a lot of ports, building world and mergemastering, etc), I > get the 'Giving up on x buffers' message on shutdown, and my > filesystems come up dirty when I restart. > > <snip> > > So, why does this happen? And how do I prevent it from happening? > This definitely does _not_ sound like something I want my servers to > do when 5.x goes -STABLE. Not sure if it is related, but if I have ext2 mounted on shutdown, the syncer also fails and gives up on a few buffers. It is reproducable. I can recall it was fixed about a year ago, but then broke again. -- Kalev
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