From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jan 9 4: 7:42 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B68C37B401 for ; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 04:07:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59B1C43F13 for ; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 04:07:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com (Exim 4.10.11 #2 (FreeBSD)) protocol: local id 18WbSP-0002KR-00 ; Thu, 09 Jan 2003 15:06:45 +0300 Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 15:06:45 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: David Schultz Cc: FBSD-BLEEDING-EDGE Subject: Re: update from 4.7 to 5.0 Message-ID: <20030109120645.GE65353@ns2.wananchi.com> References: <20030109110335.GA65353@ns2.wananchi.com> <20030109115717.GA1257@HAL9000.homeunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030109115717.GA1257@HAL9000.homeunix.com> X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message,where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Fortune: The IQ of the group is the lowest IQ of a member of the group divided by the number of people in the group. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE i386 X-Best-Window-Manager: Blackbox X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.1i (2002-05-02) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. X-Uptime: 3:04PM up 22:50, 4 users, load averages: 0.89, 0.72, 0.67 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * David Schultz [20030109 14:56]: wrote: Hi David, Thank you for a fast response. > > 1st 0xc1bfb3f8 process lock (process lock) @ /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c:2100 > > 2nd 0xc1cf3634 filedesc structure (filedesc structure) @ /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c:2107 > > This is a known issue; see arch@, subject ``Need help fixing lock > ordering with filedesc, proc and pipe.'' If you do a sysctl at > just the wrong time, you could deadlock the system. The > probability of this happening is on the order of one in a million, > so it shouldn't be a concern to you. The warning is just pointing > out that possibility so the problem can be fixed. Note that the > fact that you got this warning means that you have WITNESS enabled > in your kernel config, which is likely to kill performance. I am going to compile a kernel with the WITNESS stuff disabled. I have rcvd 3 responses and none of them tell me about my USB interfaces. I hope this does not mean that my mobo has issues with 5.0 ;) -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington "The box said 'Requires Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, or better,' Tel: +254 2 313985-9 +254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD." GSM: +254 72 743223 +254 733 744121 This sig is McQ! :-) The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning, and does not stop until you get to school. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message