Subject: Re: build.sh soft-halts machine on 4.99.49 kernel, with 4.99.48 userland.
To: Andrew Doran <ad@netbsd.org>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 01/15/2008 15:02:28
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Hello,
On Jan 12, 2008, at 09:25, Andrew Doran wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 03:33:05PM -0800, Marc Tooley wrote:
>
>> I'll double-check the actual filesystem type (v1 or v2.. I think
>> it was
>> newfs -o time -O 2) tonight, as it's paused again.
>
> Looks like you are using softdep - I fixed a problem yesterday that
> could
> have caused this. Can you please update your kernel sources and try
> again?
I get something similar since 4.99.48 - processes accessing anything
on an lfs filesystem get stuck after a while, waiting on lfs_sdir. I
thought it's an SMP problem ( first noticed it on a dual G4 ) but now
I see it on a sparc64 box as well.
have fun
Michael
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