Subject: ddb -> sync error
To: NetBSD i386 port <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/07/2002 07:57:16
Hey,

When I hit Ctrl-Alt-Esc, I get into ddb, and I type 'sync', only to be
greeted with

syncing disks...kernel page fault at (address currently forgotten) movl
100(%edx),%eax
ddb>

When I hit 'c' to continue, the kernel page fault repeats and I am back
at ddb>

This repeats until I type 'sync' again, at which point it dumps core and
reboots.

I'm finding it mildly disconcerting that I cannot force a disk sync in
the case processes are waiting on vnlock (and init won't jump out and
give me a shell, for whatever reason, after I issue 'kill 1' from ddb,
because of the vnlocked processes).

				--*greywolf;
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