Bug 111800

Summary:	FreeBSD 6.X Deadlocks randomly (Network)
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	Charles A. Newcomer <charles>
Component:	kern	Assignee:	freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	6.2-RELEASE
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Charles A. Newcomer 2007-04-18 00:50:18 UTC

Compaq DL380 3.2 Dual Core Xeon using bge network driver (dual ports) will randomly deadlock.
Only way to recover is power off.  No panic dumps or any indicators in logs.  Looks like a spin
lock.

In our particular instance it occurs at aproximately 1 week intervals.

This problem has been present in all 6.X releases.

Using GIANT-LOCK on the network stack stops it (apparently) from happening.
Although under previous 6.X releases system would still occasionaly panic (have not
analysed the cause; may be another reason)

Fix: 

Somewhat of a work around is to configure the system for GIANT-LOCKing on the network stack.
How-To-Repeat: Unknown exactly.
We are running the latest asterisk12 port with phones on an inside lan (192.168.X.X) bge1 
and asterisk accepting SIP calls from a public IP behind a Cisco PIX on bge0.

Just reinstalled from CD to FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0 and locked after 4 days.

Comment 1 Charles A. Newcomer 2007-04-18 01:05:16 UTC

DUP Please close.

/can
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Comment 2 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer

2007-04-18 06:19:36 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Duplicate of kern/111793.