Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 03:15:58 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Process wedge in 'inode' Message-ID: <199801040815.DAA11966@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199801040636.RAA00409@word.smith.net.au> from Mike Smith at "Jan 4, 98 05:06:00 pm"
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Mike Smith said: > > Just simultaneously checking out two copies of the kernel source using > 'cvs co sys', I have an interesting situation: > > kingsford:~>ps axlwww > UID PID PPID CPU PRI NI VSZ RSS WCHAN STAT TT TIME COMMAND > 1000 1359 1348 1 -14 0 1356 864 inode D+ v1 0:06.84 cvs co sys > 1000 1366 160 4 -14 0 1356 812 inode D+ v2 0:06.77 cvs co sys > > Neither process is responding to signals, and neither can be killed. > The rest of the system is running as normal... > > This is -current as of 971220. > Yep, as I have said, I broke -current, and *please* expect it to problematical. The issues that I have been working are very complex and tedious, but the end result will be advantageous beyond even what I had expected. I am within a few hours/days of commiting the corrected code, and please back up to code before my commit. I do have test suites that expose the problems, and any usage of the erroneous code will lead to nowhere except frustration. You'll have nothing but trouble with the code, including accumulation of disk blocks, crashes, and file corruption. Please do not use -current right now. I have been working 18Hrs/day on the stuff, even forgoing dates with an extremely attractive female friend of mine, and the approach that I am taking is the shortest path to a quality result. I had posted a notice on the -current mailing list, once the problems were discovered. I'll post a notice on the -current mailing list when the code is fixed. Until then, please do not try to use -current, unless you plan to re-newfs your filesystem anyway :-). -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig.
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