From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Mar 14 20:24:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA05311 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 20:24:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from roundtable.cif.rochester.edu (roundtable.cif.rochester.edu [128.151.220.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA05296 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 20:24:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gene@cif.rochester.edu) Received: from roundtable.cif.rochester.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by roundtable.cif.rochester.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA16383; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 23:24:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gene@roundtable.cif.rochester.edu) Message-Id: <199803150424.XAA16383@roundtable.cif.rochester.edu> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" cc: gene@cif.rochester.edu, freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/4975:quotaonwhileserververybusycauseslockup/reboot In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 14 Mar 1998 23:05:43 EST." Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 23:24:29 -0500 From: Gene Skonicki Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Let em clarify. I normally activate quotas at bootup (I was messing with things a bit when I produced the error the first time). However, I have also seen panic tracebacks that come through ffs_write() whihc indicates to me some unpleasant implications. Otherwise, I wouldn't have a problem simply turning quotas on. I really would liek to reproduce this, but I can't very wel afford to on this machine---too many simultaneous and demands on it, etc. Gene On Sat, 14 Mar 1998 23:05:43 -0500 (EST), "Matthew N. Dodd" wrote: >On Sat, 14 Mar 1998 gene@cif.rochester.edu wrote: >> I would like to bring this pr once again to the attention of the >> freebsd-bugs readers. I have been able to produce this behaviour under >> low load at seemingly random times under FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE. Twice >> within about six hours quotaon -a hung the system. > >I think that you are probably the only one that is encountering this bug >because everyone else is turning quotas on at boot, when the system is >more or less idle. > >I've been running quotas on my system since 2.1R with no problems. > >You should not be doing quota{on,off,check} on active filesystems. > >/* > Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life > > winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to > http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 >*/ > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message