On 12-Mar-01 Alexander N. Kabaev wrote:
> Do you have WITNESS_SKIPSPIN option in your kernel config?
>
> Here is what supposedly causing the trouble:
>
> a) the process p_spinlocks variable is initialized to one in fork1 during
> the process creation
> b) the sched_lock is released later in fork_exit, but the process'
> p_spinlocks field is not decreased because sched_lock is not tracked by
> the
> witness subsystem
> b) process tried to grab Giant but sees p_spinlocks > 0 ... instant panic :)
c) As part of the new witness code, move p_spinlocks (well, a variation thereof)
to be a per-CPU variable.
> The quick and dirty fix is to either set debug.witness_skipspin=0 in
> /boot/loader.conf or modify witness_enter function to ignore p_skipspin
> counter
> if debug.witness_skipspin is non-zero.
Just don't use the skipspin stuff, it shouldn't hurt at all. The new witness
code will hopefully be in by the end of the week. *crosses fingers*
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