----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Watson" <rwatson_at_freebsd.org> To: "Jun Su" <csujun_at_263.net> Cc: <current_at_freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 10:38 PM Subject: Re: [PANIC] today's cvs with KTRACE and MUTEX_PROFILING enabled (Big Post) > > On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Jun Su wrote: > > > I got the following panic when booting. Seems the if_data_mutex is > > corrupt by something.If you need any information, please feel free to > > let me know. Thanks. > > Are you running with kernel modules? If so, were all of them built as > part of your kernel build? Turning on mutex profiling changes the size of > the mutex structure, so if you have modules that aren't built to be aware > of mutex profiling, you will get memory corruption. When using mutex > profiling, I would generally suggest avoiding the use of kernel modules, > since it avoids the whole issue... Yes. This is the root cause. Our module building env doesn't include opt_global.h. Then the module's mtx doesn't match the one in Kernel. I think this is a requirement for MUTEX_PROFILING, not a suggestion before we complete the new building env for kernel module. I suggest to add this to man page. What is your option? Thanks, Jun Su > > Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects > robert_at_fledge.watson.org Senior Research Scientist, McAfee Research >Received on Mon Jan 26 2004 - 06:11:18 UTC
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