Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:09:37 -0500 (EST) From: Ken Sallot <ken@astro.ufl.edu> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "swap_pager" loop? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0612190905550.5848@fugu.astro.ufl.edu> In-Reply-To: <200612191351.kBJDpMpB058787@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200612191351.kBJDpMpB058787@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Tue, 19 Dec 2006, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Ken Sallot <ken@astro.ufl.edu> wrote: > > Yesterday morning I came in to find a 6.2-RC1 server deadlocked in a loop > > with the following error messages on the console: > > > > swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: bufobj: 0, blkno: 5, size: 4096 > > That message is printed when a timeout appears while waiting > for the swap device. I've seen such problems when the disk > or the controller was dead or malfunctioning. Are you sure > that your hardware is OK, i.e. no disk errors, good cables > etc.? Reasonably sure, but I could always double check the cabling. The chassis & drives are new (6 weeks old), and I've not seen any other errors in the hardware. Ken
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