From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 21 15:31:00 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 049891065672 for ; Fri, 21 May 2010 15:31:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC4178FC0A for ; Fri, 21 May 2010 15:30:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws16 with SMTP id 16so998766vws.13 for ; Fri, 21 May 2010 08:30:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=tBLTzeoosj0L+DiW6P3yop8g/ZfWtJadY4PT8MxpuZk=; b=TkFWiK3oqNnhfmNYdF9z+MMpsdg7Dvlfbxx2/Vzg8gHHDi1ZnxSnyMx4sYbqm6H+uG W0IE85WaKfNWkUetyUEYACrZO0cbZro3jCDkRYbddC431tLLpM9N+XpWZYc3GwhXtHBJ eT5fs6WR2yzaCvNHpJ44E4BNDVp1T0IA6EEK8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=Uk5PMWANTfquZr9hfESs9y9LS/vly8uvfJKkNz2haxIPsfjUuDK1jNGSQULm02roaS dt2gkcpWGatpi4lYrtx8jzjTofxsu4uYTU/BuqZt/MlcEY67gneme2yAa6lub2JdyvQJ UA0NBUZKQ1dO2NQREt3gWP5PcCXzjTbZyjGQU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.221.203 with SMTP id id11mr444359qcb.85.1274455857949; Fri, 21 May 2010 08:30:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.99.67 with HTTP; Fri, 21 May 2010 08:30:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100521152114.GA52102@icarus.home.lan> References: <20100521145554.E5A3D1065670@hub.freebsd.org> <20100521152114.GA52102@icarus.home.lan> Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 10:30:57 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Jeremy Chadwick Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Mark Morley Subject: Re: NFS trouble on 7.3-STABLE i386 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 15:31:00 -0000 On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > I can't explain the dirty filesystem problem, especially if the server > does reboot/shut down properly. > I would guess that it doesn't shutdown properly. Everytime I run into an unkillable process this happens to me. It's not very frequent for me, but wen it does occur the system cannot gracefully shutdown and you get that ps axl advised message. IME, setting fsck_y_enable="YES" is a much less painful solution if you need speed when it comes back up, and the check goes a lot faster. -- Adam Vande More