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Date:      Wed, 21 Jan 1998 15:06:37 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Neal <neal@pernet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: double kernel faults
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980121150606.5192P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980118102414.25854C-100000@office.pernet.net>

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On Sun, 18 Jan 1998, Neal wrote:

> 
> Nope.  The second fault appears to happen when the kernel tries to sync
> the disks.  I haven't traced ALL the way back, but it looks like this,
> time order being top is the start of the fault:
> 
> actual fault happens
> trap() is called
> sync() is called
> msync() is called
> second fault happens
> trap() called
> sync() called
> msync() called
> reboots correctly.
> 
> I don't have my notes handy(I'm in Houston for the weekend, yeah!), but
> I've found the actual location of the panic.  Someplace along the
> line(inside of sync()), the vfs struct is dissapearing.  When the actual
> sysctl macro gets called, on of the arguments is a pointer to a pointer
> from a NULL.
> 
> I'll send a stack trace when I get back local.

OK. I suggest redirecting this discussion to hackers@freebsd.org as they
are in a better position to understand and help you.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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