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Date:      Wed, 4 Feb 2004 16:49:53 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Peter Losher <Peter_Losher@isc.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Odd quirks after updating to 5.2...
Message-ID:  <20040204164829.C96240@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <200402040208.26969.Peter_Losher@isc.org>
References:  <200402040208.26969.Peter_Losher@isc.org>

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On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Peter Losher wrote:

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> Ever since I updated one of our other boxes from 5.1 to 5.2, I have been
> having issues with the periodic processes not finishing up properly,
> which after a week or so fills up all the permitted forked processes,
> and then causes FreeBSD to deprive itself of resources.

They weren't getting blocked in getblk or inode, were they? Thats one
thing that we're still chasing.

> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-January/031656.html
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> (heavy I/O causing freeze)

Sounds similar, but I'd need to see the output of 'ps axl' to see the
WCHAN for the offending process(es).

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Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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