From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 10 01:30:13 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E948516A4BF for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 01:30:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8269E43FD7 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 01:30:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8A8UAUp052683 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 01:30:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8A8UAwK052682; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 01:30:10 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 01:30:10 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200309100830.h8A8UAwK052682@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Lefteris Chatzibarbas Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F71116A4BF for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 01:27:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from forthnet.gr (athmta03.forthnet.gr [193.92.150.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B239F43FBF for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 01:27:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lefcha@hellug.gr) Received: from localhost.my.domain (ppp2-isdn-50.the.forthnet.gr [213.16.247.50]) by forthnet.gr (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h8A8RqBY007697 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:52 +0300 Received: from localhost.my.domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.my.domain (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8A8Rq7H000702 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:52 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from lefcha@localhost.my.domain) Received: (from lefcha@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8A8RqlA000701; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:52 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from lefcha) Message-Id: <200309100827.h8A8RqlA000701@localhost.my.domain> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:52 +0300 (EEST) From: Lefteris Chatzibarbas To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: kern/56675: Syncer "giving up" on buffers and ext2 filesystems X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Lefteris Chatzibarbas List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:30:14 -0000 >Number: 56675 >Category: kern >Synopsis: Syncer "giving up" on buffers and ext2 filesystems >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Sep 10 01:30:09 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Lefteris Chatzibarbas >Release: FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD bsd 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #0: Mon Sep 8 21:39:20 EEST 2003 root@bsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM i386 >Description: Syncer is "giving up" on buffers during shutdown if ext2fs partitions are mounted. During the next boot all filesystems are checked because of improper dismount. Here follows the exact message during shutdown: Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `vnlru' to stop...stopped Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `bufdaemon' to stop...stopped Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop...stopped syncing disks, buffers remaining... 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 giving up on 6 buffers Uptime: 41m20s pfs_vncache_unload(): 1 entries remaining Shutting down ACPI Rebooting... The related thread on freebsd-current@ mailing list: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2003-September/009731.html >How-To-Repeat: One can repeat the problem by having some ext2fs partitions mounted when shutting down. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: