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Date:      Sat, 17 Aug 2013 22:11:08 +0200
From:      "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
To:        Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Boris Samorodov <bsam@passap.ru>
Subject:   Re: /etc/namedb->@ referrs to NIL after crash or typing "reboot" (not shutdown -r)
Message-ID:  <20130817221108.58bc7f20@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <ABFA719B-EFF5-4F93-B3B2-28395AC164E9@kientzle.com>
References:  <20130817113636.21346cd2@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> <520FAE99.8040003@passap.ru> <20130817193517.2bf01dfe@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> <A89885AB-7819-4F0A-A98E-7C35394CD0A0@kientzle.com> <20130817201750.4cc9907b@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> <ABFA719B-EFF5-4F93-B3B2-28395AC164E9@kientzle.com>

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On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:41:08 -0700
Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> wrote:

>=20
> On Aug 17, 2013, at 11:17 AM, O. Hartmann wrote:
>=20
> > On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 10:42:07 -0700
> > Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> wrote:
> >=20
> >>=20
> >> On Aug 17, 2013, at 10:35 AM, O. Hartmann wrote:
> >>=20
> >>> On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 21:10:49 +0400
> >>> Boris Samorodov <bsam@passap.ru> wrote:
> >>>=20
> >>>> 17.08.2013 13:36, O. Hartmann =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82:
> >>>>=20
> >>>>> I can reproduceable truncate the link in /etc/ to be NIL by
> >>>>> typing simply "reboot" when rebooting the box
> >>>>=20
> >>>> Does it make any difference if you use "shutdown -r" instead?
> >>>>=20
> >>>=20
> >>> Yes, when using "shutdown -r" the link isn't broken and the system
> >>> reboots and operates as expected. Only if I use the "quick and
> >>> dirty way" via "reboot" or after a crash when service named ahs
> >>> already been started the link is dead. If a crahs occurs BEFORE
> >>> service named has been started, the recovery is also operable -
> >>> this is my observation.
> >>=20
> >> Does "reboot" show the same problem If the system has been running
> >> for a while (at least 15 minutes or so)?
> >=20
> > Yes, of course.
>=20
> That's not good.
>=20
> After 15 minutes, the link contents should have been written
> all the way to disk, even on an idle system.  It sounds like the
> sync process might not be running except at system shutdown.
>=20
> What filesystem are you using?  ZFS?  UFS/SU?  SU+J?

It's UFS/SU + J.

>=20
> Kernel version?

As I wrote in my initial message, I compile on a regular basis the
system/world with progressing in the kernel version. A moving target.

>=20
> Can you reproduce this without named?  That is:

That box serves my network with named ;-) Since LDAP on freeBSD doing a
kind of weird (I guess it is due to the horrible timeout using pam_ldap
and nss_ldap modules) when the named service in the network is not
present, I'm a bit of scared doing that on purpose :-/ But I will try.

Why is it 15 minutes waiting?

>   * create a symlink,=20
>   * wait 15 minutes,
>   * "reboot"
> Is the symlink broken?
>=20
> Tim


I will report in.

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