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>
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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"
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