RE: sysctl lock, system lockup

From: Don Bowman [mailto:don_at_sandvine.com]
> On the console i ran 'top', but it wouldn't start,
> giving:
> 
> load: 0.00  cmd: top 4282 [sysctl lock] 0.00u 0.00s 0% 180k
> 
> as the status. I can't ^C it, can't ssh in.
> can still ping the device.
> 
> It was doing a backgound fsck from an earlier hang.
> 
> i have called panic from db, not sure if the core will
> work properly or not.

As a followup... i did get a vmcore, and matching kernel.debug,
if someone can suggest what i might look _at_?

--don