From wjw@files.digiware.nl Mon Dec 30 06:59:17 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C739537B401 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 06:59:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from files.digiware.nl (d9218.upc-d.chello.nl [213.46.9.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFB2543ED1 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 06:59:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wjw@files.digiware.nl) Received: from files.digiware.nl (localhost.digiware.nl [127.0.0.1]) by files.digiware.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBUEwsHq078002 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:59:11 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wjw@files.digiware.nl) Received: (from root@localhost) by files.digiware.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBUEwEmb078001; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:58:15 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200212301458.gBUEwEmb078001@files.digiware.nl> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:58:15 +0100 (CET) From: Willem Jan Withagen Reply-To: Willem Jan Withagen To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Flase error report in swapon when adding too many disks X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 X-GNATS-Notify: >Number: 46633 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Flase error report in swapon when adding too many disks >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Dec 30 07:00:11 PST 2002 >Closed-Date: Mon Feb 24 00:55:28 PST 2003 >Last-Modified: Mon Feb 24 00:55:28 PST 2003 >Originator: Willem Jan Withagen >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: Private >Environment: System: FreeBSD files.digiware.nl 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #1: Sat Dec 28 19:38:16 CET 2002 root@files.digiware.nl:/mnt2/obj/usr/src5/sys/GENERIC i386 When adding too many disk for swapping the error reported is a 'strange one' Nicer would be to respond something like: All swapdisk slots are occupied. --WjW # swapon /dev/ad6s1b /dev/ad7s1b swapon: /dev/ad7s1b: Invalid argument files# swapinfo Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Type /dev/ad0s1b 111148 9936 101212 9% Interleaved /dev/ad4s1b 512000 0 512000 0% Interleaved /dev/ad5s1b 512000 0 512000 0% Interleaved /dev/ad6s1b 512000 0 512000 0% Interleaved Total 1647148 9936 1637212 1% files# swapon /dev/ad7s1b swapon: /dev/ad7s1b: Invalid argument files# sysctl -a | grep swapdev vm.nswapdev: 4 >Description: >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: From: David Schultz To: Willem Jan Withagen Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/46633: Flase error report in swapon when adding too many disks Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:33:10 -0800 Thus spake Willem Jan Withagen : > When adding too many disk for swapping the error reported is a 'strange one' > Nicer would be to respond something like: > All swapdisk slots are occupied. If swapon(2) returned EBUSY in this case, you'd get the message 'Device busy' without having to make a special case out of it. Does that sound better? > # swapon /dev/ad6s1b /dev/ad7s1b > swapon: /dev/ad7s1b: Invalid argument > files# swapinfo > Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Type > /dev/ad0s1b 111148 9936 101212 9% Interleaved > /dev/ad4s1b 512000 0 512000 0% Interleaved > /dev/ad5s1b 512000 0 512000 0% Interleaved > /dev/ad6s1b 512000 0 512000 0% Interleaved > Total 1647148 9936 1637212 1% > files# swapon /dev/ad7s1b > swapon: /dev/ad7s1b: Invalid argument > files# sysctl -a | grep swapdev > vm.nswapdev: 4 State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: das State-Changed-When: Mon Feb 24 00:52:23 PST 2003 State-Changed-Why: Fixed in src/sbin/swapon/swapon.c,v 1.17. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=46633 >Unformatted: