kernel: panic: softdep_sync_buf: Unknown type jnewblk

[António Trindade]

> From: António Trindade <antonio.trindade at gmail.com>
> Date: 27 de Janeiro de 2012 00:40:06 WET
> To: freebsd-stable at freebsd.org, freebsd-fs at freebsd.org, freebsd-bugs at freebsd.org
> Subject: kernel: panic: softdep_sync_buf: Unknown type jnewblk
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> I recently updated my system to FreeBSD-9.0 and activated softupdate journaling for a number of file systems (name /home, /var, /usr).
> 
> Since then I have been experiencing kernel panics:
> kernel: panic: softdep_sync_buf: Unknown type jnewblk
> 
> Yesterday, Jan 26th, I got 6 (six) automatic reboots due to these kernel panics.
> 
> I have now disabled softupdates journaling in the hope that the panics disappear.
> 
> I am sorry for not providing more information about the panic, but I'll gladly try to gather more info if instructed how to.
> 
> Cumprimentos/Best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
> António Trindade
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I forgot some additional info:
To deactivate softupdates journaling, I rebooted into single-user mode and ran full fsck to every file system I had activated journaling for.
To my surprise, fsck reported errors (namely wrong block counts and bitmap errors, nothing serious).

Cumprimentos/Best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
António Trindade
Antonio <dot> Trindade <at> gmail.com

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