Re: Machine Freezes with SMP+APIC enabled.
From: Lefteris Tsintjelis (lefty_at_ene.asda.gr)
Date: 11/17/03
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:47:08 +0200 To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
Doug White wrote:
>
> On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Lefteris Tsintjelis wrote:
>
> > I have been experiencing random machine freezes when using SMP (Hyper
> > threading) the past week. There are no core dumps or error messages
> > displayed anywhere. Load is very minimum. When SMP/Hyperthreading is
> > disabled machine works with no problems at full load.
>
> Hm, smells like Giant deadlock.
>
Hi Doug,
and thank you for all the info. The motherboard of the PC decided to
finally die on me last week so it looks like it was a hardware deadlock.
I got it replaced and cvsup to the latest STABLE. It has been working
very STABLE the past couple of days.
Best Regards,
Lefteris Tsintjelis
> dwhite's Form Letter on Debugging Giant Deadlocks
>
> If you are experiencing problems with CURRENT locking up hard, it may be
> due to a deadlock against the Giant mutex, which controls large parts of
> the kernel. Symptoms include:
>
> . No response to any input
> . System video console
> . Network (ping)
>
> To debug this, you will need to set up a serial console with some special
> kernel options. Instructions for booting with serial console are in the
> Handbook, but you will have to compile with the following kernel options:
>
> options DDB
> options BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER
> options WITNESS
> options INVARIANTS
> options INVARIANTS_SUPPORT
>
> Make sure your serial console is capable of sending a Break signal. If
> not, use "ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER" instead of "BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER".
>
> Enable the serial console and boot the system. Turn on terminal logging.
> In loader, stop the boot and type "boot -v" at the OK prompt to get
> additional info during the boot process.
>
> Once the system is up, trigger the hang. When the system hangs, issue the
> Break signal (or if you have used ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER, press Enter ~ ^E
> b (tilde, Ctrl-E, b)).
>
> If you get the db> prompt, then your hang is probably due to a Giant
> deadlock. If not, then something else may be at fault.
>
> Once in db>, run the following two commands and capture their output using
> your terminal's logging capability:
>
> show locks
> tr
>
> Take these and the boot -v output, put them on a webpage, and send a
> message to current@freebsd.org carefully explaining what you did to
> trigger the hang.
>
> Good luck!
>
> >
> > Best,
> > Lefteris Tsintjelis
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