Re: sysctl lock, system lockup

From: Tim Robbins (tim_at_robbins.dropbear.id.au)
Date: 05/31/04

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    Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 11:16:50 +1000
    To: Don Bowman <don@sandvine.com>
    
    

    On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 04:35:55PM -0400, Don Bowman wrote:
    > From: Don Bowman [mailto:don@sandvine.com]
    > > On the console i ran 'top', but it wouldn't start,
    > > giving:
    > >
    > > load: 0.00 cmd: top 4282 [sysctl lock] 0.00u 0.00s 0% 180k
    > >
    > > as the status. I can't ^C it, can't ssh in.
    > > can still ping the device.
    > >
    > > It was doing a backgound fsck from an earlier hang.
    > >
    > > i have called panic from db, not sure if the core will
    > > work properly or not.
    >
    > As a followup... i did get a vmcore, and matching kernel.debug,
    > if someone can suggest what i might look @?

    print sysctllock (or just sysctllock.sx_xholder if you don't have a
    serial console set up.)

    Tim
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