Subject: port-i386/10824: silent reboots when system is very busy
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <smd@ebone.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 08/13/2000 09:42:14
>Number: 10824
>Category: port-i386
>Synopsis: silent reboots when system is very busy
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: port-i386-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Aug 13 09:43:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Sean Doran
>Release: CVS 20000813
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD crasse.smd.ebone.net 1.5E NetBSD 1.5E (SCREAM) #0: Thu Aug 10 04:03:43 CEST 2000 smd@crasse.smd.ebone.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/SCREAM i386
But this is an old problem...
>Description:
When the system is extremely busy, particularly during
filesystem activity (mv of huge files or dump or restore
in background, then doing something else), occasionally
on this box, more frequently on a similar box with half
the physical RAM, the machine simply reboots.
>How-To-Repeat:
Lots of filesystem activity on softdep-enabled
partitions tends to trigger it.
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: