On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 05:31:32PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote:
> On Thu, 29 May 2003, Glenn Johnson wrote: > > > On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 03:54:22PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, 29 May 2003, Glenn Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 02:20:02AM -0400, Mike Makonnen wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 29 May 2003 00:35:32 -0500 Dan Nelson > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The real problem is in the kernel, though. A userland > > > > > > non-root process should not be able to hard lock the system. > > > > > > One of the threads people will probably have to get an SMP > > > > > > machine to be able to debug it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Upon first reading it I had assumed he meant gnome locked > > > > > up. Can you confirm this Glenn? Is the machine itself locked > > > > > solid (no ping, no ssh, not vtys, etc)? However, even if that > > > > > is the case a bug in the kernel does not preclude a bug in > > > > > libthr. > > > > > > > > The machine locks up solid. I can not do anything with it > > > > except hit the reset button. I mentioned gnome because gnome > > > > will trigger the lock up. I would imagine I would see the same > > > > thing with kde however. > > > > > > what about kernel debugger? > > > > I do not have the debugger enabled on the SMP box. I can set that > > up but probably not until next week. Will the debugger work if the > > machine locks up? > > that depends.. when it locked up, did it still respond to pings? No, the networking was dead as well. -- Glenn Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
