Re: Shutdown -r under -current hangs on RPi3

On Sep 23, 2023, at 08:52, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote:

> From time to time, but seemingly more often lately, a Pi3
> get stuck during shutdown -r. The machine is running -current
> from a mechanical usb hard disk through a powered hub. No micro
> SD card is used. Once up it's quite stable.
> 
> The console reports
> 
> login: Sep 23 08:20:37 pelorus shutdown[224]: reboot by bob:
> Stopping sshd.
> Waiting for PIDS: 1063.
> Stopping cron.
> Waiting for PIDS: 1073.
> Stopping powerd.
> Waiting for PIDS: 1002.
> Stopping devd.
> Waiting for PIDS: 752.
> Writing entropy file: .
> Writing early boot entropy file: .
> .
> Terminated
> Sep 23 08:20:43 pelorus syslogd: exiting on signal 15
> Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `vnlru' to stop... done
> 
> Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop... Syncing disks, vnodes remaining... 4 0 0 0 done
> All buffers synced.
> Uptime: 23h31m45s
> Khelp module "ertt" can't unload until its refcount drops from 1 to 0.

I've gotten the above message on rare occasions over the years on
the amd64 system (ThreadRipper 1950X). (But reboots and shutdowns
are not frequent for this system normally.)

There is a recent: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=271677

It is not just your context with the issue.

> Resetting system ...
> 
> At that point all activity ceases. The only clue I can recognize is that
> the red power LED remains off, as if FreeBSD never relinquishes control
> to the Pi firmware, which turns the LED back on at powerup. Power-cycling
> results in a normal reboot.





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Mark Millard
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