Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:40:33 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Ensel Sharon <user@dhp.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.1 quota bugs cause adaptec 2820sa kernel to crash ? Message-ID: <20060630113926.X3964@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0606290126080.12027-100000@shell.dhp.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0606290126080.12027-100000@shell.dhp.com>
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Ensel Sharon wrote: > I have gotten no responses of any kind from -hackers or from -fs, or > privately. > > I am currently trying to reproduce this on a totally different machine, to > see if I can pin it down as a quota problem or an aac problem or a 2820sa > problem. My efforts are ametuerish, I'm afraid, and I'd be happy to run any > kind of tests, etc., for anyone that is better at this than I am. > > In the meantime, if _anyone_ has any insight into my original post in this > thread (June 23) it would be much appreciated. Especially some details as > to what the problems with quotas really are and how they are being fixed. Ensel, I chatted with Scott a day or two ago, and he told me he believes he has tracked down a bug in the adaptec device driver under high I/O load, and thinks it is possible that quotas are triggering slightly higher load resulting in the bug being exercised. He has a patch, which hopefully he has now sent to you? Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge
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