Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 19:35:43 +0200 From: "Arjan van Leeuwen" <freebsd-current@piwebs.com> To: "Kalev Lember" <kalev@colleduc.ee>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Giving up on x buffers - losing files Message-ID: <opsabe5toerh5iji@localhost> In-Reply-To: <40DFBC86.3070103@colleduc.ee> References: <opr97ot8zl3qdyu1@localhost> <40DFBC86.3070103@colleduc.ee>
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Hi Kalev, On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:36:54 +0300, Kalev Lember <kalev@colleduc.ee> wrote: > Arjan van Leeuwen wrote: > >> <snip> >> >> Sometimes, particularly after doing a lot of file writes (i.e. >> compiling a lot of ports, building world and mergemastering, etc), I >> get the 'Giving up on x buffers' message on shutdown, and my >> filesystems come up dirty when I restart. >> >> <snip> >> >> So, why does this happen? And how do I prevent it from happening? This >> definitely does _not_ sound like something I want my servers to do >> when 5.x goes -STABLE. > > Not sure if it is related, but if I have ext2 mounted on shutdown, the > syncer also fails and gives up on a few buffers. It is reproducable. I > can recall it was fixed about a year ago, but then broke again. > I don't have any ext2 partitions, so I guess it's a different problem. Arjan -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
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