From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 1 13:36:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30BD5106566B for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:36:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F05D28FC1B for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:36:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m81Da6Vs029481; Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:36:06 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.8/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m81Da5BT046532 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:36:05 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <200809011336.m81Da5BT046532@lava.sentex.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:36:11 -0400 To: Derek =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kuli=C5=84ski?= , Michael From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <1188558750.20080901020711@takeda.tk> References: <48BB4FA6.2090708@bindone.de> <1188558750.20080901020711@takeda.tk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.64 on 64.7.153.18 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/121684: : dump(8) frequently hangs X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:36:20 -0000 At 05:07 AM 9/1/2008, Derek Kuli=C5=84ski wrote: >Now I'm honestly a bit scared about it (even if it will be fixed >before 7.1, I'm not sure I'll hurry with the update). There have been a number of commits to releng_7=20 that fixed dump issues for me. A box that used=20 to regularly exhibit hung dump processes have=20 been working fine since April. e.g. a kernel from 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #4: Wed Apr 30 does weekly level 0 dumps and daily differential=20 dumps on the file systems below without issue % df -i Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail=20 Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on /dev/twed0s1a 2026030 284346 1579602 15% 2937 279685 1% = / devfs 1 1 0=20 100% 0 0 100% /dev /dev/twed0s1d 5077038 575828 4095048=20 12% 1197 658257 0% /tmp /dev/twed0s1e 20308398 11072840 7610888=20 59% 1065406 1572416 40% /usr /dev/twed0s1f 20308398 13275050 5408678=20 71% 13750 2624072 1% /var /dev/twed0s1g 246875258=20 186393906 40731332 82% 9118036 22794922 29% /zoo However, you should test and make sure it works for you. ---Mike ---Mike=20