Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 01:40:07 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Andrey Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: marcolz@stack.nl, wpaul@windriver.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: rl(4) is not ready for mpsafenet net enough? (silent reboots) Message-ID: <20050722013938.H16902@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20050722003657.GA1415@nagual.pp.ru> References: <20050721134816.GA8550@nagual.pp.ru> <20050721142445.GA77847@stack.nl> <20050721143443.GB10010@nagual.pp.ru> <20050721.091844.10574798.imp@bsdimp.com> <20050721152946.GA11578@nagual.pp.ru> <20050722011804.O16902@fledge.watson.org> <20050722003657.GA1415@nagual.pp.ru>
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Andrey Chernov wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 01:20:46AM +0100, Robert Watson wrote: >> FYI, most locking bugs in network interfaces that I've seen don't result >> in a spontaneous reboot, and that's a somewhat worrying symptom. Is this >> something you can easily reproduce in a short period of time, or in >> particular, using a particular program or system call? Is there any >> chance your box has firewire and you can use a firewire debugger to >> inspect memory? > > I can't reproduce it, it happens after few hours running. Perhaps the > problem is not in rl(4) and making it GIANT only mask the problem. I > have spare hardware to swith to and experiment and I'll see what > happens. If the same problem occurs using a different adapter but identical software configuration otherwise, that would be very helpful to know. Robert N M Watson
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