Re: Is there any modern alternative to pstack?

2012-03-31 Thread Yuri
On 03/31/2012 14:22, Jason Hellenthal wrote: procstat(1) I don't see which key of procstat(1) displays this information. The closest key is: -k "Display the stacks of kernel threads in the process" It shows kernel threads, but no user space stacks. How can I get user space stacks? Yuri ___

Re: __NR_mmap2 in FreeBSD

2012-03-31 Thread Maninya M
Thanks. I've tried this. Still getting some allocation problems. if (temp_regs.r_eax != addr) warn("Wanted space at address 0x%.8x, mmap2 system call returned 0x%.8x. This could be a problem.",addr,temp_regs.r_eax); What can I do? Please help. void map_memory(unsigned long addr, unsigned

Re: Is there any modern alternative to pstack?

2012-03-31 Thread Jason Hellenthal
procstat(1) On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:41:41PM -0700, Yuri wrote: > I look at seemingly abandoned sysutils/pstack, last modified upstream > 2002-11-27. > It doesn't really work on 9.0 i386, prints some errors. > > It's functions, though, is quite desirable if one wants to understand > why some

Is there any modern alternative to pstack?

2012-03-31 Thread Yuri
I look at seemingly abandoned sysutils/pstack, last modified upstream 2002-11-27. It doesn't really work on 9.0 i386, prints some errors. It's functions, though, is quite desirable if one wants to understand why some multithreaded program hangs or is not responsive. Since there were no updates,

HEADSUP: Call for FreeBSD Status Reports - 1Q/2012

2012-03-31 Thread Daniel Gerzo
Dear all, I would like to remind you that the next round of status reports covering the first quarter of 2012 are due on April 15th, 2012. As this initiative is very popular among our users, I would like to ask you to submit your entry as soon as possible, so that we can compile the report in a

Re: Please help me diagnose this crazy VMWare/FreeBSD 8.x crash

2012-03-31 Thread Mark Felder
On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:49:54 -0500, Adrian Chadd wrote: There's no guarantee that upgarding a VM or rebooting it won't change the config of said VM. Don't forget to diff the vm config file.. I'm not sure how this would be accomplished Am I supposed to be running backup software (rsync