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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.0-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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      FisherKing
      last edited by

      Good to know - I'll avoid doing that in the future.

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        pwnell
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        Ok so I waited until I thought this snapshot would be okaish… Within 10 minutes of installing this my machine crashed:

        2.0-BETA5 (i386)
        built on Fri Feb 4 15:47:28 EST 2011

        Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5400 @ 2.70GHz

        [2.0-BETA5][root@fw.home]/root(1): uname -a
        FreeBSD fw.home 8.1-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p2 #1: Fri Feb  4 15:45:20 EST 2011    sullrich@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8  i386

        –---------

        Did not do anything special on the firewall when it died.

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          pwnell
          last edited by

          Bt backtrace.

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            LostInIgnorance
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            Sorry, I haven't had time to exactly test the new snapshots till now.  I loaded it up with 2.0-BETA5 (i386) built on Sun Feb 6 23:54:00 EST 2011.  Crashed when trying to use openVPN.  This is the P4 Dell machine that was described prior.

            Kernel page fault with the following non-sleepable locks held:
            exclusive sleep mutex em0 (EM TX Lock) r = 0 (0xc2f52580) locked @ /usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/dev/e1000/if_lem.c:1350
            KDB: stack backtrace:
            db_trace_self_wrapper(c0eb72bd,ccc3ca90,c0a41f05,546,0,...) at db_trace_self_wrapper+0x26
            kdb_backtrace(546,0,ffffffff,c145d504,ccc3cac8,...) at kdb_backtrace+0x29
            _witness_debugger(c0eb97d5,ccc3cadc,4,1,0,...) at _witness_debugger+0x25
            witness_warn(5,0,c0ef7b9a,14,c131b440,...) at witness_warn+0x20d
            trap(ccc3cb68) at trap+0x19e
            calltrap() at calltrap+0x6
            --- trap 0xc, eip = 0xc0a611ca, esp = 0xccc3cba8, ebp = 0xccc3cbb8 ---
            m_tag_delete(c341cd00,dedeadc0,c341cd00,c341cd00,ccc3cbf0,...) at m_tag_delete+0x5a
            m_tag_delete_chain(c341cd00,0,c0e6e71f,0,c2ed91e0,...) at m_tag_delete_chain+0x3f
            mb_dtor_mbuf(c341cd00,100,0,c0a42958,df,...) at mb_dtor_mbuf+0x35
            uma_zfree_arg(c1d7e380,c341cd00,0,1e,ccc3cc84,...) at uma_zfree_arg+0x29
            m_freem(c341cd00,4,c0e6e71f,b87,c2f4e000,...) at m_freem+0x43
            lem_txeof(c2f52580,0,c0e6e71f,546,c2f525bc,...) at lem_txeof+0x158
            lem_handle_rxtx(c2f4e000,1,c0eb8b8e,4f,c2edb8d8,...) at lem_handle_rxtx+0x60
            taskqueue_run(c2edb8c0,c2edb8d8,c0ea5f47,0,c0eb21ed,...) at taskqueue_run+0x103
            taskqueue_thread_loop(c2f525ec,ccc3cd38,c0eaed5c,344,c131b440,...) at taskqueue_thread_loop+0x68
            fork_exit(c0a3b180,c2f525ec,ccc3cd38) at fork_exit+0xb8
            fork_trampoline() at fork_trampoline+0x8
            --- trap 0, eip = 0, esp = 0xccc3cd70, ebp = 0 ---
            
            Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
            cpuid = 0; apic id = 00
            fault virtual address= 0xdedeadc0
            fault code= supervisor read, page not present
            instruction pointer= 0x20:0xc0a611ca
            stack pointer        = 0x28:0xccc3cba8
            frame pointer        = 0x28:0xccc3cbb8
            code segment= base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
            = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
            processor eflags= interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
            current process= 0 (em0 taskq)
            [thread]
            Stopped at      m_tag_delete+0x5a:      movl    0(%ecx),%eax
            db> bt
            Tracing pid 0 tid 64050 td 0xc2f4bc80
            m_tag_delete(c341cd00,dedeadc0,c341cd00,c341cd00,ccc3cbf0,...) at m_tag_delete+0x5a
            m_tag_delete_chain(c341cd00,0,c0e6e71f,0,c2ed91e0,...) at m_tag_delete_chain+0x3f
            mb_dtor_mbuf(c341cd00,100,0,c0a42958,df,...) at mb_dtor_mbuf+0x35
            uma_zfree_arg(c1d7e380,c341cd00,0,1e,ccc3cc84,...) at uma_zfree_arg+0x29
            m_freem(c341cd00,4,c0e6e71f,b87,c2f4e000,...) at m_freem+0x43
            lem_txeof(c2f52580,0,c0e6e71f,546,c2f525bc,...) at lem_txeof+0x158
            lem_handle_rxtx(c2f4e000,1,c0eb8b8e,4f,c2edb8d8,...) at lem_handle_rxtx+0x60
            taskqueue_run(c2edb8c0,c2edb8d8,c0ea5f47,0,c0eb21ed,...) at taskqueue_run+0x103
            taskqueue_thread_loop(c2f525ec,ccc3cd38,c0eaed5c,344,c131b440,...) at taskqueue_thread_loop+0x68
            fork_exit(c0a3b180,c2f525ec,ccc3cd38) at fork_exit+0xb8
            fork_trampoline() at fork_trampoline+0x8
            --- trap 0, eip = 0, esp = 0xccc3cd70, ebp = 0 ---
            db>
            
            It is kinda nice though that the pfSense now knows it crashed and asks me if I would like to send the error info to the developers.
            [quote]We have detected a crash report. Click here for more information.[/quote]
            though the only thing the tab shows on the error report is this
            [code]Crash report begins.  Anonymous machine information:
            
            i386
            8.1-RELEASE-p2
            FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p2 #1: Sun Feb  6 23:47:16 EST 2011     sullrich@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_Dev.8
            
            Crash report details:
            
            2048
            [/code][/thread]
            
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              fasteddy
              last edited by

              I don't have access to my pfSense box(s) to get crash info at the moment, but I can say I am in the same boat as LostInConfusion - still getting panics when I try to access a pfSense box through the VPN (though in my case it's IPSec, not OpenVPN).  This is using the most recent snapshot.  For what it's worth, the previously mentioned carp lock issue probably wasn't at the root of the issue I am having, since I am not using any carp functionality whatsoever with my setup…

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              • jimpJ
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                last edited by

                @LostInIgnorance:

                It is kinda nice though that the pfSense now knows it crashed and asks me if I would like to send the error info to the developers.

                We have detected a crash report. Click here for more information.

                though the only thing the tab shows on the error report is this

                Crash report begins.  Anonymous machine information:
                
                i386
                8.1-RELEASE-p2
                FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p2 #1: Sun Feb  6 23:47:16 EST 2011     sullrich@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_Dev.8
                
                Crash report details:
                
                2048
                
                

                That one is a false positive.

                The actual report would have done a lot more.

                If it stops at a db> prompt, it isn't collecting the crash info automatically for whatever reason.

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                  pwnell
                  last edited by

                  @jimp - any ideas about my crash?  I assume it is related to this thread…

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                    fasteddy
                    last edited by

                    I'm in the same situation there as well - my pfSense box stops at the 'db>' prompt after a panic, generating similar information-free reports.  Also, in contrast to what I believe other folks have reported, my pfSense box doesn't automatically reboot after a panic, but rather sits happily at the db> prompt, patiently - and indefinitely - awaiting my input.  (Which is why I am loathe to do any testing unless I'm within arms reach of the particular box in question!)  Is there a setting I've missed somewhere that enables this automatic rebooting, or is my pfSense box just that unhappy?

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                    • jimpJ
                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                      last edited by

                      pwnell,

                      I don't know, it looks similar to another panic that was already reported over the weekend. Have you tried a new snapshot?

                      fasteddy,

                      What type of install are you on? full/nano? i386 or amd64? How much RAM and swap space?

                      If you can get a capture of the panic (even a picture of it) and the output of 'bt' at the debug prompt it would help.

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                        fasteddy
                        last edited by

                        I am on a full install, i386, 2GB RAM, 80GB Hard drive, 4GB swap space.  The panic information, backtrace info, and general situation remain the same as my original post (on page 15 of this thread).  http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,31721.msg170362.html#msg170362

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                        • jimpJ
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          @fasteddy:

                          I am on a full install, i386, 2GB RAM, 80GB Hard drive, 4GB swap space.  The panic information, backtrace info, and general situation remain the same as my original post (on page 15 of this thread).  http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,31721.msg170362.html#msg170362

                          Show me the output of:

                          sysctl debug.ddb
                          

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                            fasteddy
                            last edited by

                            Here goes:

                            # sysctl debug.ddb
                            debug.ddb.capture.data:
                            debug.ddb.capture.bufsize: 49152
                            debug.ddb.capture.inprogress: 0
                            debug.ddb.capture.maxbufsize: 5242880
                            debug.ddb.capture.bufoff: 0
                            debug.ddb.scripting.unscript:
                            debug.ddb.scripting.scripts: lockinfo=show locks; show alllocks; show lockedvnods
                            kdb.enter.panic=textdump set; capture on; run lockinfo; show pcpu; bt; ps; alltrace; capture off; call doadump; reset
                            kdb.enter.witness=run lockinfo
                            
                            debug.ddb.textdump.do_version: 1
                            debug.ddb.textdump.do_panic: 1
                            debug.ddb.textdump.do_msgbuf: 1
                            debug.ddb.textdump.do_ddb: 1
                            debug.ddb.textdump.do_config: 1
                            debug.ddb.textdump.pending: 0
                            
                            
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                            • jimpJ
                              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                              last edited by

                              That all looks normal, like it should be doing the textdumps…

                              What about:

                              cat /boot/kernel/pfsense_kernel.txt
                              

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                                fasteddy
                                last edited by

                                Doesn't have a whole lot to say:

                                # cat /boot/kernel/pfsense_kernel.txt
                                UP
                                #
                                
                                
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                                • jimpJ
                                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                  last edited by

                                  It's enough :-)

                                  That's the uniprocessor kernel. I'm running the SMP kernels. Perhaps that is the difference. Can you switch to an SMP kernel and see if the crashes leave you at the debug prompt still? There are instructions earlier in this thread for switching kernels (also you can edit that text file and change it to SMP instead of UP and the next update will use the SMP kernel instead)

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                                    pwnell
                                    last edited by

                                    Installed the latest one available

                                    2.0-BETA5 (i386)
                                    built on Sun Feb 6 23:54:00 EST 2011

                                    I have a 1 hour 15 minute uptime …. Holding thumbs.

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                                      LostInIgnorance
                                      last edited by

                                      JimP,

                                      Did you need me to do anything while I am here working on other projects?  Anything I can do to help debug this?

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                                      • jimpJ
                                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                        last edited by

                                        No, Ermal is going to be the one having to look into the actual panics.

                                        I was just trying to figure out why some people aren't getting the proper crash dumps like they should.

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                                          fasteddy
                                          last edited by

                                          I've changed to the SMP kernel and updated to the latest snapshots as of 15 minutes ago, and my machine seems to be automatically rebooting and generating proper crash reports now.  Thanks jimp!

                                          Unfortunately, I am still able to crash my system at will the same way I have been from the get go - by accessing the web gui through the VPN.  I sent the (now useful!) crash report via the web gui, is there anything I can/should do beyond that at this point?

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                                          • jimpJ
                                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                            last edited by

                                            When the next snapshot comes out later this evening/tonight, update to it and try to reproduce it again.

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