From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 14 01:42:03 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 157B116A4CE for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 01:42:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from rutger.owt.com (rutger.owt.com [204.118.6.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3DE343D09 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 01:42:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from topaz-out (owt-207-41-94-233.owt.com [207.41.94.233]) by rutger.owt.com (8.11.6p2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id hBE9fnu13192; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 01:41:49 -0800 From: Kent Stewart To: jaime@snowmoon.com Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 01:41:49 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <6B1F15BC-2E0A-11D8-AD0A-000393193538@snowmoon.com> <200312140056.02821.kstewart@owt.com> <20031214041430.L53470@malkav.snowmoon.com> In-Reply-To: <20031214041430.L53470@malkav.snowmoon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312140141.49115.kstewart@owt.com> cc: Gautam Gopalakrishnan cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Page faults every few days X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:42:03 -0000 On Sunday 14 December 2003 01:16 am, jaime@snowmoon.com wrote: > On Sun, 14 Dec 2003, Kent Stewart wrote: > > Well, there is this piece of info in /usr/src/UPDATING > > > > 20030904: > > Between August 9th and August 30th, a bug existed in the i386 > > virtual memory system which could cause panics under load. > > Anyone running a kernel built between those dates is advised > > to update at the earliest possible convenience. > > How'd I miss that?! OK, this is very useful and I really > appreciate it. Its just that I was sure that: > 1) The panics started before then > 2) I read UPDATING > > I'm obviously wrong on #2, so now I'm less certain about #1. I'll > get on this a.s.a.p. and see what it does. > You could have been seeing them; however, I think a point you should remember is that when you are having problems, you have to get to an environment that someone can reproduce to duplicate your problem. You probably can't do that on a prerelease. I know I couldn't be talked into going back with the system I do tests on. It is also much more likely that some one is running something like RELENG_4_9 or a current -stable. They really don't have to do anything other than simulate your load and see if the system panics. I would have bet anything from a flaky power supply to cooling fans until I saw the notice in UPDATING. I had several machines running kernels created during that period and none of them paniced but IIRC, there were a number of them panicing at the time. I place more creadence on your failure than my successes. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html