Subject: Re: uvn_fp1 hang
To: enami tsugutomo <enami@but-b.or.jp>
From: Paul Ripke <stixpjr@ozemail.com.au>
List: current-users
Date: 01/17/2003 08:55:15
On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 01:25 AM, enami tsugutomo wrote:

>>> 0xcb893424  6379        4  4         0xc04023d0 cron (flt_pmfail2)
>>> 0xcb6997c0  6377     4006  4         0xc04023d0 pax (uvn_fp1)
>>> 0xcb893244  6349    20204  3         0xc07460d4 raidio0 (raidiow)
>>> 0xcb7fc998  6348    20204  3         0xc04023d0 raid0 (km_getwait2)
>>
>> This looks like an "out of kernel memory" problem.
>
> More strictly, a backend requires memory to clean dirty page which
> needs to be cleand to get free memroy, I guess.

OK, so we aren't reserving enough memory for "emergency" use? Can the
kernel gods suggest a fix/workaround? I presume this relates to
NKMEMPAGES? Should I try increasing this? Or will that just postpone
the inevitable? So many questions...

>> PR#12384 seems to be completely unrelated, so I"m guessing you had a
>> different PR in mind :-)
>
> Probably, it is 123 *48*.

Doh! Yes, I do, thank you! Sleep depravation strikes again...

Cheers,
--
Paul Ripke
Unix/OpenVMS/DBA
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