Re: PLEASE TEST: IPI deadlock avoidance patch

From: Lukas Ertl (le_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 08/24/04

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    Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:36:28 +0200 (CEST)
To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>

    On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Robert Watson wrote:

    >
    > On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Lukas Ertl wrote:
    >>
    >> OK, it seems I shouted out too early. '-jX' buildworlds go fine, but my
    >> news server (heavy disk and network traffic) still locks up within one
    >> day of uptime. It's a Dual Xeon with HTT, SCHED_4BSD, ADAPTIVE_GIANT,
    >> and no WITNESS or INVARIANTS.
    >
    > Using a serial break, are you able to get into the debugger on hang? If
    > not, have you tried SW_WATCHDOG or MP_WATCHDOG?

    Nope, NMI doesn't work. But I'll add MP_WATCHDOG and let the box run for
    a while.

    cheers,
    le 

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Lukas Ertl                         http://homepage.univie.ac.at/l.ertl/
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