Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 16:16:32 +0300 (IDT) From: Gennady Sorokopud <gena@NetVision.net.il> To: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net> Subject: Re: Boom! :-) Message-ID: <XFMail.970527161632.gena@NetVision.net.il> In-Reply-To: <l03020910afb05a09eb52@[194.32.164.2]>
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Hi!
On 27-May-97 Bob Bishop wrote:
>At 0:24 +0100 27/5/97, Karl Denninger wrote:
>>On Mon, May 26, 1997 at 07:58:28PM +0100, Bob Bishop wrote:
>>>[...]
>>> If, as I suspect, 0x8:0xf01119b0 = _lockstatus + 0x8, this is a
>>> particularly bad case of kern/3581.
>>>[...]
>>Hmmm... Don't think so... this looks to be in lockinit...
>
>Sure does. Congratulations! Looks like you've found another semi-repeatable
>way to summon up the lock gremlins! :-) :-) :-{
>
>Seriously folks, the size of this club (people who regularly fall down
>various lock-related holes) seems to be growing. I have a little time to
>spare at the moment but I'm not up to speed with this stuff, and I have to
>say it looks unpleasant.
My system crashes due to this problem every 3-5 hours. I even found a way to
reliably reproduce it - stat() on a file with a VERY long filename. However
after i removed this file (booting an old kernel) the problem is still there,
and i'm positive that there are no more such files around on my FS...weird.
>
>
>--
>Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118
>rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK
Best regards.
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Gennady B. Sorokopud - System programmer at NetVision Israel.
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