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Date:      Sat, 10 Jul 2004 15:17:45 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Martin Blapp <mb@imp.ch>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Subject:   Re: Native preemption is the culprit [was Re: today's CURRENT lockups]
Message-ID:  <20040710151637.Y56824@cvs.imp.ch>
In-Reply-To: <20040710105224.L56824@cvs.imp.ch>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040709231313.19581G-100000@fledge.watson.org> <20040710105224.L56824@cvs.imp.ch>

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Hi,

> I'm seeing the same effect here on a 2 CPU IBM server running without HTT. The
> server is completly locked. We have running mimedefang on it and clamd, after
> 2-3 hours running, suddenly the processlist grows and grows and the box is not
> accessibe anymore.
>
> > By disabling the "#define PREEMPTION" entry in param.h with SCHED_4BSD,
> > I'm able to complete the benchmark several times in a row without apparent
> > problems. However, I'll leave it running for a few more hours and see if I
> > didn't just "get lucky".  I'll then try SCHED_ULE w/o PREEMPTION.

Tried that. PREEMPTION seems to to be the culprit. It must be something else.
I just got another lock with "#define PREEMPTION" removed !

Martin



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