From nobody@FreeBSD.org Fri Nov 11 00:06:54 2011 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07AFE106564A for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:06:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC9248FC0C for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:06:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pAB06rSS085272 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:06:53 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id pAB06rMb085271; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:06:53 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201111110006.pAB06rMb085271@red.freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:06:53 GMT From: subbsd To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD 9x unstable with file-based swap X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 X-GNATS-Notify: >Number: 162455 >Category: misc >Synopsis: FreeBSD 9x unstable with file-based swap >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Nov 11 00:10:11 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: subbsd >Release: 9.0-RC2 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: Some information is described here http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-fs/2011-October/012878.html. However two of my hosts with swapfile="/usr/swap0" in /etc/rc.conf, where /usr/swap0 is created by dd (official handbook way), perfectly hang without swapoff, through N time of the beginning of use swap >How-To-Repeat: 1) dd if=/dev/zero of=/usr/swap0 bs=1024k count=512 2) swapfile="/usr/swap0" to /etc/rc.conf 3) service addswap start start to use a swap, or play with swapoff/on command like this: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-fs/2011-October/012878.html >Fix: Sorry >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: