Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 10:40:31 +0300 From: Andrey Chernov <ache@freebsd.org> To: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Cc: "Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya)" <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>, bde@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New syscons bugs: shutdown -r doesn't execute rc.d sequence and others Message-ID: <74ff3f3b-3001-4bdd-1c4b-251a2c4a6f90@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <3534bbeb-9f73-4e37-8f89-c05dd9f89f8c@freebsd.org> References: <7d5bbbf0-6908-185c-2ee0-29e0a4f60591@freebsd.org> <D9EAB41D-CE19-4225-8868-F4AFE461F903@gmail.com> <5587c798-d36c-9074-1060-30e206db5571@freebsd.org> <69af07a7-ec8f-9b7f-8b93-9ba148f30fec@freebsd.org> <8C24D1BA-1607-4C19-BA38-39256E82C7AF@gmail.com> <51045bee-a626-efb3-4b1e-0c3d36abb1ab@freebsd.org> <20170329132927.U882@besplex.bde.org> <f35b6ae1-c668-0649-e327-f57811b1d71a@freebsd.org> <20170330150449.R1061@besplex.bde.org> <3534bbeb-9f73-4e37-8f89-c05dd9f89f8c@freebsd.org>
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On 30.03.2017 9:51, Andrey Chernov wrote: > On 30.03.2017 8:53, Bruce Evans wrote: >>> Maybe two will be enough too, I don't check. I just don't need _any_ of >>> vt lines. What is matter it is that syscons only mode (without any vt) >>> was recently broken, causing shutdown problems and file system damage >>> each time. Syscons only mode works for years until you break it recently. >> >> Actually, I fixed it not so recently (over the last few months), partly >> with much older local fixes. > > Please commit your fix as soon as possible. vt is broken as designed in > many aspects (I even mention not all of them), but from other hand I > can't allow dirty filesystem (or hang) on each reboot using sc only mode > as always. It is dangerous, and fsck takes big time. Moreover, using sc > while keeping vt bloat compiled in the kernel just as the bug workaround > is the best demotivator for perfectionist. > >> The escape sequences in dmesg are very interesting. You should debug >> those. > > I'll send you them a bit later. Since I don't want vt at all, I don't > want to debug or fix it, let it die. Here it is: kernel: allscreens_kbd cursor^[[=0A^[[=7F^[[=0G^[[=0H^[[=7Ividcontrol: setting cursor type: Inappropriate ioctl for device It is caused by vidcontrol call which left from previous sc setup. >>> I'll try. thanx. But most dangerous new syscons bug is the first one, >>> damaging file system on each reboot. I try to go to KDB to debug it, but >>> seeing that I can't even enter KDB I understand that all that bugs, >>> including nasty one, are introduced by your syscons changes, it was a >>> hint to add completely unneeded and unused vt to my kernel config file. >> >> It's normal to have a slightly damaged file system after a panic. > > In sc only mode I have no kernel panic, i.e panic with trace on console > or entering KDB. I have silent reboot in the middle or end of shutdown > sequence or rare dead hang on reboot (which absolutely not acceptable > for remote machine). > >> You might have entered ddb in a context which used to race or deadlock. > > No. I try about 20 times on machine which does nothing and can't enter > KDB in sc only mode, but got one dead hang instead, when start to repeat > it too fast. In vt mode I can enter each time, but there are exit > problems I already mention. > I use text mode in sc. > >> Strings for function keys: >> - these are just broken in both sc and vt > > I have all function keys working in sc only mode with TERM=cons25 and > similar ones. > >> Pseudographics: >> - I don't use it enough to see problems in it. Even finding the unicode >> glyph for the block character took me some time. > > Even cp437 have it and dialog library use it for all windows frames, > f.e. all ports config windows use pseudographics if it is available and > working (replaced by +-| etc poor looking ASCII otherwise).
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