From beyssac@enst.fr Fri May 21 09:31:18 1999 Return-Path: Received: from enst.enst.fr (enst.enst.fr [137.194.2.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D87DC14DF8 for ; Fri, 21 May 1999 09:31:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from beyssac@enst.fr) Received: from bofh.enst.fr ([137.194.2.253]) by enst.enst.fr (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA16506 for ; Fri, 21 May 1999 18:31:11 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by bofh.enst.fr (Postfix, from userid 12426) id 30F56D226; Fri, 21 May 1999 18:31:11 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <19990521163111.30F56D226@bofh.enst.fr> Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 18:31:11 +0200 (CEST) From: beyssac@enst.fr Reply-To: beyssac@enst.fr To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: /dev/fd0a hangs on large files, including panic: vinvalbuf: dirty bufs X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 >Number: 11821 >Category: kern >Synopsis: /dev/fd0a hangs on large files, including panic: vinvalbuf: dirty bufs >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri May 21 09:40:00 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: Sat Nov 17 09:01:16 PST 2001 >Last-Modified: Sat Nov 17 09:01:29 PST 2001 >Originator: Pierre Beyssac >Release: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: ENST >Environment: 4.0-CURRENT Boot messages : fdc0: at port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> at fdc0 drive 0 Kernel : controller isa0 controller pnp0 controller pci0 controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" irq 6 drq 2 disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 >Description: Writing a file bigger than 1440Kb (for example, boot.flp from 3.2-RELEASE) to a 1440Kb disk on /dev/fd0a hangs or panics the system. >How-To-Repeat: Generally hangs the system without a message: dd if=boot.flp of=/dev/fd0a bs=38k On the other hand, dd if=boot.flp of=/dev/fd0a nicely returns an error message, but panics (tried only once) if followed by: dd if=boot.flp of=/dev/fd0a bs=38k The panic is: vinvalbuf: dirty bufs >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback State-Changed-By: iedowse State-Changed-When: Mon Jul 9 14:30:15 PDT 2001 State-Changed-Why: Is this still an issue with recent releases? (I presume not, since block devices are gone). http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=11821 State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed State-Changed-By: bmah State-Changed-When: Sat Nov 17 09:01:16 PST 2001 State-Changed-Why: Feedback timeout (4 months). http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=11821 >Unformatted: Pierre Beyssac