Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 15:50:16 +0000 From: matthewf@demon.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: kern/9980: savecore fails with large (2gig+) swap partition Message-ID: <E10AFQW-000070-00@post.mail.demon.net>
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>Number: 9980 >Category: kern >Synopsis: savecore fails with large (2gig+) swap partition >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Feb 9 07:50:00 PST 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Matthew Frost >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-19990205-STABLE i386 >Organization: Demon Internet >Environment: FreeBSD finch-post-11.mail.demon.net 3.0-19990205-STABLE FreeBSD 3.0-19990205-STABLE #0: Tue Feb 9 09:33:01 GMT 1999 root@finch-post-11.mail.demon.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/MAIL-POST-SMP i386 plus SOFTUPDATES plus SMP Machine is a dual PII-400 >Description: When using a swap partition of 3 gigabytes savecore will not save a core dump after a panic: savecore: reboot savecore: writing core to /mail/crash/vmcore.16 /kernel.old: dscheck: negative b_blkno -2621440 savecore: /dev/rda0s1b: Invalid argument savecore: WARNING: vmcore may be incomplete >How-To-Repeat: Configure machine with a 3 gigabytes swap partition Set MAXUSERS to 1024 (which panics the machine on boot) >Fix: Change swap partition size to 2 gigabytes savecore: reboot after panic: page fault savecore: writing core to /var/crash/vmcore.9 savecore: writing kernel to /var/crash/kernel.9 >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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