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Date:      Mon, 12 Jul 2004 21:07:16 +0200
From:      Ulrich Spoerlein <q@uni.de>
To:        Ariff Abdullah <skywizard@MyBSD.org.my>
Cc:        Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Native preemption is the culprit [was Re: today's CURRENT lockups]
Message-ID:  <20040712190716.GA787@galgenberg.net>
In-Reply-To: <20040710150620.7595b207.skywizard@MyBSD.org.my>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040709231313.19581G-100000@fledge.watson.org> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040710011206.19581H-100000@fledge.watson.org> <20040710150620.7595b207.skywizard@MyBSD.org.my>

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On Sat, 10.07.2004 at 15:06:20 +0800, Ariff Abdullah wrote:
> I'm suspecting bad combination between threaded apps and current
> native preemption, either the preemption itself, or threads. Running
> current kernel without any threaded apps turns up nothing suspicious.
> Once the threaded apps started, it's like sending the entire system to
> the death row.
>=20
> I'm reverting following files to pre-July 2 to achive solid stability:
>=20
>  sys/sys/interrupt.h          - v1.27
>  sys/kern/kern_intr.c         - v1.110
>  sys/i386/i386/intr_machdep.c - v1.6
>  sys/kern/sched_ule.c         - v1.109

I tried to upgrade my kernel from 5.2.1 to -CURRENT and cvsupped
post-preemption. Running a UP-Kernel on a UP-Machine with either
SCHED_ULE or SCHED_BSD froze the machine under heavy load. It doesn't
survive a buildworld or a medium port-build.

I tried the revisions above and the machine no longer freezes under
load, but does an instant reboot :(

Is the machine expected to crash/freeze when running a -CURRENT kernel
on a 5.2R userland? I don't wanna installworld unless I get a rock-solid
kernel, that's in sync with it.

Ulrich Spoerlein
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