Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 19:23:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help Requested - system Panic in __getcwd() Message-ID: <XFMail.970923192347.Shimon@i-Connect.Net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970923211812.26663C-100000@Journey2.mat.net>
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Hi Chuck Robey; On 24-Sep-97 you wrote: > On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Simon Shapiro wrote: > > > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > > > May I please solicit your assistance in solving a difficulty I am > > experiencing with FreeBSD kernel, in the last day or so. > > > > The version of the doftware in question is 3.0-current. The CVS update > > of > > the source tree is current as of last night (The 22nd of September). > > > > The symptoms are a panic, in idle systems, in __getcwd. There is a > > reference to a virtual address 0x78 which appears to be invalid. > > > > I have searched the freebsd-current mailing list dilligently and found > > no > > mention of this problem. > > > > In case this was already reported, please accept my apologies and view > > this > > message as a confirmation of the problem's existance. > > > > If there is any way in which I can be of assistance in expediting a > > solution, please let me know. I will be happy to help. > > > > [ I hope the language in this message is meek and polite enough as to > > not > > offend any of you which I apparently have offended in the past - an > > offense > > I deeply regret ] > > I think maybe you caught Justin at a bad time, when he was arguing with > Terry (apparently a regular thing). Anyhow, Poul did a little tweaking > with getcwd a little while back, warning that it was a little > experimental > at the time, I think. Maybe you're tweaking his tweak now? Justin? He has nothing to with the note above. Although much of his argument with Terry escaped me, it was a boost for my morale in some strange way (here I go again :-) The crash is very easy to induce; Just ftp into the machine in question. I am still trying to isolate it. --- Sincerely Yours, (Sent on 23-Sep-97, 19:16:44 by XF-Mail) Simon Shapiro Atlas Telecom Senior Architect 14355 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 130 Beaverton OR 97005 Shimon@i-Connect.Net Voice: 503.643.5559, Emergency: 503.799.2313
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