From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 13 22:50:05 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B3A81065697 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:50:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from qmta04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC30F8FC0C for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:50:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta23.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.74]) by qmta04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id tyEi1e0021c6gX854ycoM2; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:36:48 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([98.248.41.155]) by omta23.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id tycm1e00G3LrwQ23jycn1V; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:36:48 +0000 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A43B09B425; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:36:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:36:45 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: "Andrew J. Caines" Message-ID: <20100813223645.GA53484@icarus.home.lan> References: <20100813070333.CD62B5C43@hal10000.halplant.com> <4C65C421.7080205@halplant.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C65C421.7080205@halplant.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ts_to_ct flood on 8.1-STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:50:05 -0000 On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 06:16:01PM -0400, Andrew J. Caines wrote: > Since installing 8.1-RC2 and now on up-to-date RELENG_8 I am frequently > getting kern.crit messages like > > ts_to_ct(1281661818.743348859) = [2010-08-13 01:10:18] > > and have been unable so far to determine their origin or purpose. I saw > no such messages while running 7.x or earlier releases. > > AFAICT the system[1] is running fine. Athlon XP, 2GB, nVidia mobo and > GPU, Intel and Realtek NICs, various ATA and USB disks all in a custom > kernel. I've posted details of the system configuration[2]. > > Advice would be appreciated. > > > [1] http://halplant.com:2001/systems.html#HAL10000 > [2] http://halplant.com:2001/server/config/HAL10000/ The source/responsible code for the printing is in function clock_ts_to_ct() in: src/sys/kern/subr_clock.c 181 void 182 clock_ts_to_ct(struct timespec *ts, struct clocktime *ct) 183 { ... 214 if (ct_debug) { 215 printf("ts_to_ct(%ld.%09ld) = ", 216 (long)ts->tv_sec, (long)ts->tv_nsec); 217 print_ct(ct); 218 printf("\n"); 219 } So what's ct_debug? 52 #define ct_debug bootverbose Are your systems booting verbosely? -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc@parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |