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Date:      Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:17:26 +0100 (BST)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alexander Best <alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: (CTRL-C to abort) flood when core dumps
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.0907160715310.54568@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <permail-2009071520472480e26a0b00004b9b-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de>
References:  <permail-2009071520472480e26a0b00004b9b-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de>

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On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Alexander Best wrote:

> when debug.debugger_on_panic is 0, a panic occurs and the core dumps the 
> console gets flooded with the following notice:
>
> (CTRL-C to abort)
>
> could we please output the warning only once? or every 10 seconds or so?

Normally that message is printed only when a key other than ctrl-c is hit 
during the dump.  It's certainly possible to rate-limit the message, or just 
limit it to printing once, but the more interesting question is why the kernel 
thinks a key is (effectively) held down such that it needs to print 
repeatedly.  Could you tell us a bit more about your configuration -- ps/2 / 
usb / serial console?  Mouse of some sort?  Virtual machine or real machine? 
Any other problems with keyboards during normal operation?  Any chance a key 
is being held down?

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge



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