Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:39:42 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: delphij@delphij.net Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, sos@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: indefinite wait buffer: Does this indicate hardware issue? Message-ID: <20051216193942.GA92029@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <a78074950512160849w70335610xd2cb0c3b61ed92a2@mail.gmail.com> References: <a78074950512160849w70335610xd2cb0c3b61ed92a2@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 12:49:48AM +0800, Xin LI wrote: > Dear folks, > > I have a box indicating the following sometimes: > "swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: bufobj: 0, blkno: 262169, size: 4096" > > It's running FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, with two Maxtor 7Y250P0 hard disks > attached to Intel ICH5 UDMA100 controller with hw.ata.wc disabled. > > Does this indicate a hardware issue, or some bugs elsewhere? In that configuration, probably a hardware issue. Is it always the same block? This message triggers as a false positive in other cases when swapping is too slow, like if you swap to a swapfile on a heavily loaded filesystem. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDoxf+Wry0BWjoQKURAjQwAKCRcvdVJh75OZ/SJcf9Ap0wo8qMfgCfQR86 TqTSggIjTa5JKLGT45CGEi4= =2nfS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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