Bug #3092
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dumpon: sysctl: kern.dumpdev: Device busy
Added by liweitianux about 7 years ago.
Updated about 6 years ago.
Description
Hello, I had the problem that "dumpon" couldn't let me change the dump device, which complained "Device busy", as shown below:
dfly# dumpon /dev/serno/WD-WCAS25235448.s1b
dumpon: sysctl: kern.dumpdev: Device busy
(I previously wrongly configured the "dumpdev" to be "/dev/mapper/swap", which is the mapped name of the dm-crypt'ed swap device. Therefore I used "dumpon" to change the dump device the underlying swap device but failed, as shown here.)
In addition, I also did such a test within a virtual machine using DFly-5.0. After partitioned the swap partition, I can "dumpon" to it successfully at the first time, but later it fails with "Device busy" error. See also the attached screenshot.
I suspect this issue exists in the "setdumpdev()" function in "sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c".
Cheers,
Aly
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I think once set, you first have to 'dumpon off' before being able to set it again.
swildner wrote:
I think once set, you first have to 'dumpon off' before being able to set it again.
True. Once I "dumpon off", I can "dumpon" another device to make the change. Thanks.
However, the current error message is unhelpful, which should be improved... And the dumpon(8) man page needs a note, something like:
Once the dump device is set, it must be first turned off using "dumpon off" before the new dump device can be set.
Maybe a new option can be added to take care of this. In addition, the "dumpon off" seems a bit wired... I think a symlink as "dumpoff" may be a good choice.
Cheers,
Aly
- Category changed from Kernel to Userland
- Status changed from New to Resolved
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
This bug has been fixed in commits:
03f2fdd26fee309abfe7c8bdf799f8d35a4e18bf
and
bfbb599bba9fbf988628bb6dd678cd03d68dfda5.
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