Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] hang immediately after "Start UA server"

2009-10-21 04:05:57
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] hang immediately after "Start UA server"
From: "Kern Sibbald" <kern AT sibbald DOT com>
To: "Jo Rhett" <jrhett AT netconsonance DOT com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:02:07 +0200 (CEST)
> Jo Rhett wrote:
>> I've just upgraded a machine from FreeBSD 6.3 to 7.2.   I replaced
>> all  the ports with new versions compiled on 7.2, and everything is
>> working  normally (just like every other server running these
>> builds) except  for bacula-dir.   It is hanging right after starting
>> the UA server,  and before it starts accepting network connections.
>> From my reading  it is hanging in the _umtx_op() call.  No core, no
>> log message,  nothing -- except that you have to kill -9 the process.
>
> Another data point -- here is the process state when it is hung:
>
> # procstat -k 7950
>    PID    TID COMM             TDNAME           KSTACK
>   7950 100094 bacula-dir       -                mi_switch
> sleepq_switch sleepq_catch_signals sleepq_wait_sig _sleep
> _do_lock_umutex do_lock_umutex __umtx_op_wait_umutex _umtx_op syscall
> Xint0x80_syscall
>
> Kern swears it's a networking problem.  If one of you could identify
> what is happening at this point (networking wise) I'd be happy to
> investigate all possible options there.

Just to be exact, I am not "swearing" anything.  At the moment, with the
limited information we have, I have said that the most probable cause IMO
is something in the networking, but I have also mentioned a number of
other possible causes.

>
> --
> Jo Rhett
> Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source
> and other randomness
>


Best regards, Kern

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