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Date:      Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:35:26 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
To:        Martin Blapp <mb@imp.ch>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Deadlock problems with 'kill PID' on CURRENT
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1041115133457.80435A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <20041115142036.D53544@cvs.imp.ch>

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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Martin Blapp wrote:

> > syscons is typically a sign that some thread holding Giant is spinning, or
> > that Giant has been leaked.  Alternatively, some other lock is leaked, and
> > a thread with Giant waits on that lock.  You may be able to get into DDB
> > using the serial console as it doesn't require Giant (or you might not).
> 
> I was not able to get into DDB over serial console. Sorry for not saying
> this exactly. Hardlock. 

Any chance that any of the boxes has an NMI button?

Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
robert@fledge.watson.org      Principal Research Scientist, McAfee Research



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