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Date:      Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:18:19 +0100 (BST)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mikhail Teterin <mi+mill@aldan.algebra.com>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: 7.0-stable: a hung process - scheduler bug?
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.1.10.0809232217081.68287@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <48D955EE.3090108@aldan.algebra.com>
References:  <48D92589.8000200@aldan.algebra.com> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0809232136130.68287@fledge.watson.org> <48D955EE.3090108@aldan.algebra.com>

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On Tue, 23 Sep 2008, Mikhail Teterin wrote:

> Robert Watson ΞΑΠΙΣΑΧ(ΜΑ):
>> Could you try procstat -kk on the process, does that shed any light?
> When I was trying `procstat -k', I was getting the message:
>
>     PID    TID COMM             TDNAME             KSTACK 
> procstat: sysctl: kern.proc.kstack unavailable
>   procstat: options DDB or options STACK required in kernel
>
> That was with a single `-k'. I can't do anything now, because -- after an 
> attempt to start `systat 1 -vm' -- the system hosed and would not start new 
> processes. The existing ones, such as the cvs-over ssh are stuck in:
>
>   load: 0.00 cmd: ssh 59098 [proctree] 0.41u 0.17s 0% 0k

Sounds a lot like a lock leak/deadlock.  Other than DDB output or a crashdump, 
which would allow us to explore some more, there's probably not much to be 
done with the box at this point other than reset.  Sorry about that.

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge
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