Re: Hammer: processes blocked on a file

[Michael Neumann <mneumann@xxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :> 
> :> 
> :> The machine then stays in this state forever; I have to use the reset switch.
> :
> :Yeah, I got exactly the same with firefox3. I tried to kill it with 
> :"kill -9", but that wasn't possible. Then rebooting showed the same 
> :messages as above.
> :
> :Regards,
> :
> :   Michael
>
>     Michael, if you can recreate the unkillable firefox3 please force a
>     kernel dump, which you should be able to do by dropping into the
>     debugger and typing 'panic'.

It occured to me once again. I've uploaded vmcore and kernel to my 
crash/ directory.

It seems that the vnode is (dead-) locked and trying to access it (e.g.
typing a "ls" in that directory) blocks that process as well.

Regards,

  Michael