Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 12:37:56 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Andrea Campi <andrea@webcom.it> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: -CURRENT freeze under high load Message-ID: <20011027123756.A22438@turing.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <20011026183047.A33995@walton.maths.tcd.ie>; from dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie on Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 06:30:47PM %2B0100 References: <20011024153151.A75454@webcom.it> <20011026181612.A7800@webcom.it> <20011026175237.A33082@walton.maths.tcd.ie> <20011026191224.B7800@webcom.it> <20011026183047.A33995@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
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On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 06:30:47PM +0100, David Malone wrote: > > Anyway, both ways I can trigger the bug (find . -type f | xargs mutt, and > > actually running fetchmail -a) do generate a LOT of work, so it's actually > > possible that your diagnosis (mbuf exhaustion) is correct; trouble is, this > > shouln't hurt the machine to the point I can't even enter DDB. > > Maybe I'll try installing qmail at home and reproducing the problem. I've installed qmail and managed to reproduce the problem. I've also managed to get a trace using a serial console and it was stuck in something like unp_scan after closing a pipe. I've got a fair idea of where the problem is now, so I should be able to track it down. David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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