dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel) (10/14/89)
I have had it! The alloca/inode problem has brought my system down 3 times today. I need to correct it. Does cnews correct the problem? If not, what do I need to do to correct the problem. I don't have the source code, but I do have the object code that I can re-link. Any help at all will be appreciated! The inode thing used to only bug me about once a month, but lately it has been irritating me all this week! And today was the last straw!!! HELP!!!! -- Dan Troxel @ Handwriting Research Corporation WK 1-602-957-8870 Camelback Corporate Center 2821 E. Camelback Road Suite 600 Phoenix, AZ 85016 ncar!noao!asuvax!hrc!dan zardoz!hrc!dan hrc!dan@asuvax.asu.edu
bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) (10/16/89)
In article <200981@hrc.UUCP> dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel) writes:
: I have had it! The alloca/inode problem has brought my system down
: 3 times today. I need to correct it. Does cnews correct the problem?
No. It is a kernel bug.
: If not, what do I need to do to correct the problem. I don't have the
: source code, but I do have the object code that I can re-link.
What kind of system do you have? I just posted a fix for Interactive
2.0.2. I have a fix for Microport SysV/3.0e. I have had other
information sent to me as well, which, once I get it organized, I'll
post.
: Any help at all will be appreciated! The inode thing used to only bug me
: about once a month, but lately it has been irritating me all this week! And
: today was the last straw!!!
Yeah, this bug is like that. Weeks or months can go by without
problems, then BOOM, you get swarms of them....
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Bill { uunet | novavax | ankh | sunvice } !twwells!bill
bill@twwells.comck@voa3.UUCP (Chris Kern) (10/16/89)
In article <1989Oct16.043634.3051@twwells.com> bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes: >[the System V inode] bug is like that. Weeks or months can go by without >problems, then BOOM, you get swarms of them.... Yup. That's been our experience. Can anyone explain why? -- Chris Kern Voice of America, Washington, D.C. ...uunet!voa3!ck +1 202-485-7020
schnoebe@convex.COM (Eric Schnoebelen) (10/17/89)
In article <1989Oct16.043634.3051@twwells.com> bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes: -In article <200981@hrc.UUCP> dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel) writes: -: I have had it! The alloca/inode problem has brought my system down -: 3 times today. I need to correct it. Does cnews correct the problem? - -No. It is a kernel bug. Yes, the problem is a kernel bug, but it has been my experience that C news doesn't aggravate the bug. I say this because I have a patched version of ialloc.c ( s5ialloc.c ) running on my Microport System V/AT system that tells me when the bug would manifest itself, and I haven't seen any messages from it since I started running C news. ( of course I had set my inode count very high while running B news to help keep the problem at arms length, along with scripts to change init states and run fsck on the news partition. ) -: If not, what do I need to do to correct the problem. I don't have the -: source code, but I do have the object code that I can re-link. - -What kind of system do you have? I just posted a fix for Interactive -2.0.2. I have a fix for Microport SysV/3.0e. I have had other -information sent to me as well, which, once I get it organized, I'll -post. AT&T has also issued fixes for their systems, and Interactive claims to have fixed it with their 2.0.2 release. Comment to them at 386ixsupp@isc780c.isc.com if they haven't. Otherwise, beat on your vendor for them to fix the problem. ------ Eric Schnoebelen eric@egsner.cirr.com "My other computer is a Convex" schneobe@convex.com