Swap Questions

[Tim Daneliuk]

On 08/18/2015 12:29 PM, Antony Uspensky wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Aug 2015, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> 
>> On 08/17/2015 12:53 PM, Antony Uspensky wrote:
>>> On Sat, 15 Aug 2015, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
>>>
>>>> So -L does fix the problem - sort of.  The machine picks up the file as
>>>> additional swap on boot just fine.  HWOEVER, when I try to reboot or shut
>>>> down the host, I get a panic telling me some noise about not being able
>>>> to shutdown swap for some reason.
>>>
>>> Try to swapoff (by hands) before shutdown.
>>> Shutdown sequence, I think, unmounts carrying disk before swapping off a carried file. If I am right, -L should be processed on shutdown also.
>>> Just a guess.
>>
>> Yes, that did it.
>>
>> But, isn't this kind of an operational bug?  Shouldn't the shutdown logic
>> do the swapoff before the unmount if it sees files being used for swap?
> 
> Yes. Must.
> 
>> i.e. Should I enter this as a bug report?
> 
> Yes, please.
> 
>> The only reason this matters - and it's a pretty big reason - is for production
>> servers when someone logs in remotely, becomes root, and issued "reboot".  The
>> machine hangs at the panic and never comes back ... something you do not see
>> unless you are in a console of some sort ...
> 

Done.  Bug report #202420
-- 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tim Daneliuk     tundra at tundraware.com
PGP Key:         http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/