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Date:      Wed, 11 Dec 2002 14:51:38 -0700
From:      "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
To:        Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
Cc:        Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ioctl(CAMGETPASSTHRU) hung X11/cda process
Message-ID:  <20021211145137.A59223@panzer.kdm.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212111135310.31267-100000@root.org>; from nate@root.org on Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 11:37:42AM -0800
References:  <20021210194257.J37121-100000@coredump.scriptkiddie.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212111135310.31267-100000@root.org>

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On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 11:37:42 -0800, Nate Lawson wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Lamont Granquist wrote:
> > # ps xauww | egrep cda
> > root   36761  0.0  0.3  1884 1452  p4  D     7:25PM   0:00.01
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xmcd/bin-FreeBSD_5-i386/cda -batch -dev /dev/cd0 on
> > # strace -p 36761
> > ioctl(0, CAMGETPASSTHRU
> > 
> > (...hangs forever and won't die with kill -9...)
> 
> ps axl output for that proc, please.

It's probably hanging waiting for a CCB, although ps axl output should tell
us whether or not that's the case.

If that is the case, it raises the "why" question, especially since nothing
has changed in that area recently that I know of.

> > And i'm running a fairly current -current:
> > 
> > # uname -a
> > FreeBSD coredump.scriptkiddie.org 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #18: Wed
> > Dec  4 10:39:19 PST 2002    lamont@coredump.scriptkiddie.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/COREDUMP  i386
> 
> Please update to at least Dec 5.  There was a critical ahc fix that went
> in on the 4th, although it wouldn't cause the problem you're reporting.

If it could cause lost transactions somehow, it might have something to do
with this, but it looks like it is a lost timeout problem that got fixed.

Ken
-- 
Kenneth Merry
ken@kdm.org

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