Indefinite wait buffer typically means the disk driver locked up while the system was trying to swap to/from it. Two questions: (1) Is the swap encrypted ? And (2) What is the device attachment for the swap drive (in the dmesg output).
-Matt On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 5:18 AM, Stefan Unterweger < [email protected]> wrote: > Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier… :o/ > > > Another crash with 09b0c4f76, but this one looks different. The console > was scrolling endless streams of lines like this one: > > | swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: bp 0xffffffe00e57bea8 offset: > 4133535744, size: 4096 > > With varying values for both ‚bp‘ and ‚offset‘. No kernel panic, > though. > > The system was swapping when it happened; I was toying with the dports > git repository. I have seen a crash like this once before, but this was > months ago. Is this related, or something new altogether? > > Reboot went without any problems, so -that- problem really does seem to > be resolved. > > Stefan > > > * Stefan Unterweger on Sun, Aug 07, 2016 at 02:49:31AM +0200: > > I stalled the update a bit because I wanted to make sure that the boot > > problems were resolved first (our customers are already edgy; another > > two-hour downtime just for booting would have been too much). > > > > Given that 4.6 is now out, I’ve decided to take the plunge and do it. > > Booting went without a fault (could be coincidence; I will see if the > > problem is gone next time when I’ll re-add more storage), initial quick > > stress tests went rather well. As far as I can tell, I/O performance > > has approximately doubled. > > > > I have scheduled a few heavy stress tests for the upcoming weekend where > > I will try to torture the system with everything I got, then I’ll report > > back. > > > > Once again: Thanks BIG time for all the wonderful work that all of you > > have put into Dragonfly, I really enjoy working with it. > > > > Cheers, > > Stefan > > > * Matthew Dillon on Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 06:03:03PM -0700: > > > On this issue, we've made a bunch of fixes in just the last few days, > you > > > will definitely want to update to the latest master. Things are > looking a > > > lot more stable now. We are continuing to life test three server > > > configurations this week to locate any remaining low-hanging fruit. > > > > > > -Matt > > -- > ▪ Die Internetbleibe. Schick, magisch, leistungsstark. > https://internetbleibe.de/ > ▪ medoly media UG (haftungsbeschränkt) | Hausburgstraße 13, 10249 Berlin > ▪ [email protected] | https://medolymedia.de/ | Tel. 030 609 826‒560 | > Fax …‒569 > ▪ Geschäftsführer: Matthias Nothhaft | HRB 131198 (Amtsgericht > Berlin-Charlottenburg), Sitz: Berlin, USt-ID: DE275221203 >
