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Date:      Thu, 10 Jan 2002 21:15:29 +0300 (MSK)
From:      Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Reproducable system hangs in -STABLE
Message-ID:  <20020110211312.C15653-100000@woozle.rinet.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20020108125734.S84761-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>

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On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Doug White wrote:

DW> > > > While running two copies of dnetc, running xmms will hang my system
DW> > > > with a hard lock up.
DW>
DW> I think I've seen this appear before for non-priority problems too though
DW> ... hm ...
DW>
DW> > > This is the classic priority inversion problem. How are you starting your
DW> > > dnetc's?
DW>
DW> > They are starting at boot time from the script that the port installs
DW> > into /usr/local/etc/rc.d
DW>
DW> Make sure you are NOT nice(1)ing dnetc OR xmms.  nice -20 or idprio'ing
DW> dnetc will cause an instant lockup.
DW>
DW> What happens if you run only one dnetc?

Hmm... Is it related to SMP machines only or to uni-processor machines
too? I have no SMP machines with dnetc's around to test, but every UP
machine with dnetc starts it reniced -20, and there were no lockups at
all...

Also, would you please give me a link to thread/article duscussing
"classic priority inversion proble"?

Thanks.

Sincerely,
D.Marck                                   [DM5020, DM268-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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