Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:58:37 +1030
From:      "Wilkinson, Alex" <alex.wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Deadlock problems with 'kill PID' on CURRENT
Message-ID:  <20041116002837.GE56252@squash.dsto.defence.gov.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1041115133457.80435A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
References:  <20041115142036.D53544@cvs.imp.ch>  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1041115133457.80435A-100000@fledge.watson.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Robert, what is an NMI button ?

 - aW

	0n Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 01:35:26PM +0000, Robert Watson wrote: 

	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
	
	_______________________________________________
	freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list
	http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current
	To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
	



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20041116002837.GE56252>