Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:18:53 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@unixhelp.org> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Doug <Studded@gorean.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, mckusick@mckusick.com Subject: Re: BUF_LOCK() related panic.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906272217520.88567-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <19990627234906.A1F9481@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Peter Wemm wrote:
> Doug wrote:
> > Please forgive me if this is a naive question, but could this problem a
> lso
> > relate to why starting netscape now panic's my system? I have a UP celeron
> > 300a system and with the most recent -current I can boot fine, startx fine,
> > but as soon as I try to start netscape the system locks and reboots.
> >
> > I can add DDB and do all that stuff if needed, however if it's possible
> > that this problem is the cause I will simply wait for the fix.
>
> I suspect you were running into a problem in swap_pager.c. If anything is
> going to make your system swap, netscape will be it. I *think* I fixed
Hmm... you don't think doing grep -500s on a cdev (hdd, actually) will cause
REALLY horrible swapping/disk-reading behavior? *grin*
> that particular problem in swap_pager about an hour or so ago. The
> cluster_wbuild() problem is still lurking though, best advice is to
> backtrack a bit.
>
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Doug
>
> Cheers,
> -Peter
>
>
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