Deadlock problems with 'kill PID' on CURRENT

[Wilkinson, Alex]

Robert, what is an NMI button ?

 - aW

	0n Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 01:35:26PM +0000, Robert Watson wrote: 

	On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Martin Blapp wrote:
	
	> > syscons is typically a sign that some thread holding Giant is spinning, or
	> > that Giant has been leaked.  Alternatively, some other lock is leaked, and
	> > a thread with Giant waits on that lock.  You may be able to get into DDB
	> > using the serial console as it doesn't require Giant (or you might not).
	> 
	> I was not able to get into DDB over serial console. Sorry for not saying
	> this exactly. Hardlock. 
	
	Any chance that any of the boxes has an NMI button?
	
	Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
	robert at fledge.watson.org      Principal Research Scientist, McAfee Research
	
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