Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 6 Nov 2004 23:49:14 -0800 (PST) | From | Chris Stromsoe <> | Subject | Re: deadlock with 2.6.9 |
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On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> Chris Stromsoe wrote: > >> I had a third lockup, this time not related to burning a dvd. As >> before, the bulk of the processes that were hung were cron > > Why so many cron processes? Is this normal on your system, or does it > look like cron keeps spawning processes because it gets no response on > the sockets?
I'm guessing so many processes because every time one gets started, it ends up getting stuck in schedule_timeout(), until the system stops spawning new processes. There are many of them because the system was running for a day or so before it became unresponsive.
>> The box is P3 SMP > > Can you try a uniprocessor kernel?
Boot with nosmp or boot a kernel compiled for up?
>> syslog logs to a stripe of two mirrors, built with mdadm. > > Get a real RAID controller (3Ware, not some crappy pseudo-RAID junk.) > They are much more reliable than software RAID.
I've had more problems with reliable hardware raid controllers than I have with software raid. Your mileage may vary.
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