Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 14:38:13 +1300 From: Andrew McNaughton <andrew@squiz.co.nz> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: no dirty bufs panics any more... Message-ID: <199902190138.BAA24566@aniwa.sky> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Feb 1999 12:48:20 -0800." <199902182048.MAA14808@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca>
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> > > since I stopped using an MFS as /tmp on the server, the `dirty bufs' > > > panics on server shutdown went away. Should this give us a strong > > > hint where to look for the errnous code? > > > > Hmmmm.... I'm getting this, too: > > > > syncing disks... 3 done > > panic: vinvalbuf: dirty bufs > > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort Is this something really simple like the mount_mfs process getting killed by shutdown before the buffers get flushed? The kernel gets pretty unhappy with file-systems disappearing when it's not ready for it. I've caused a kernel panic by removing a floppy without a umount. Andrew McNaughton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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