Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:44:46 -0600 (CST) From: Greg Rivers <gcr+freebsd-stable@tharned.org> To: "Michael R. Wayne" <freebsd@wayne47.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk I/O system hang on 5.4-RELEASE-p8 i386 Message-ID: <20060223163849.I12100@w10.sac.fedex.com> In-Reply-To: <200602231753.k1NHr8c1079056@manor.msen.com> References: <200602231753.k1NHr8c1079056@manor.msen.com>
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On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Michael R. Wayne wrote: > Been fighting this for a while. We have an older server, running > 5.4-RELEASE-p8 i386 and used primarily for email, which hangs every > couple of weeks. The hang seems to be in the disk I/O system; pings > succeed, and I can continue get a login: prompt on the console until > I enter a login at which the response stops. > [snip] I think you're seeing the UFS deadlock I reported last November for RELENG_6. See the thread beginning at http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-November/019979.html I believe this issue has made it onto the show-stopper list for 6.1-RELEASE and is being actively worked on. -- Greg
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