> Invoke crash(8), then just perform "ps" and "t/a address" on each LWP > which seems to be stuck (on "tstile" or elsewhere). So it seems I can sort of lock up the machine for minutes with a simple dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/dk14 bs=64k count=1000 (In case it matters, dk14 is on a RAID5 on 4+1 mpt(4) SAS discs) I get an impressive dd throughput of around 350kB/s
Here's the crash(8) output during one of the partial lock-ups: crash> ps | fgrep vnode 25995 1 3 1 1000000 fffffe8414a24100 dd vnode crash> t/a fffffe8414a24100 trace: pid 25995 lid 1 at 0xfffffe811e7de8f0 sleepq_block() at sleepq_block+0xad cv_wait() at cv_wait+0x9f vflushbuf() at vflushbuf+0x10f ffs_spec_fsync() at ffs_spec_fsync+0x3e VOP_FSYNC() at VOP_FSYNC+0x3e vinvalbuf() at vinvalbuf+0xf2 spec_close() at spec_close+0x73 VOP_CLOSE() at VOP_CLOSE+0x33 vn_close() at vn_close+0x4e closef() at closef+0x4a fd_close() at fd_close+0x116 syscall() at syscall+0xc4 crash> ps | fgrep tstile 10629 5 3 5 0 fffffe838c989680 slave tstile 10629 4 3 3 0 fffffe838c989260 slave tstile 10629 3 3 4 0 fffffe8415e82060 slave tstile 10629 2 3 2 0 fffffe8267e74ac0 slave tstile crash> t/a fffffe838c989680 trace: pid 10629 lid 5 at 0xfffffe811e25e4f0 sleepq_block() at sleepq_block+0xad turnstile_block() at turnstile_block+0x2bb rw_vector_enter() at rw_vector_enter+0x1eb wapbl_begin() at wapbl_begin+0x54 ffs_write() at ffs_write+0x8b9 VOP_WRITE() at VOP_WRITE+0x37 nfsrv_write() at nfsrv_write+0x923 nfssvc_nfsd() at nfssvc_nfsd+0x1d7 sys_nfssvc() at sys_nfssvc+0x22c syscall() at syscall+0xc4 crash> t/a fffffe838c989260 trace: pid 10629 lid 4 at 0xfffffe811e27e4f0 sleepq_block() at sleepq_block+0xad turnstile_block() at turnstile_block+0x2bb rw_vector_enter() at rw_vector_enter+0x1eb wapbl_flush() at wapbl_flush+0x54 ffs_fsync() at ffs_fsync+0x112 VOP_FSYNC() at VOP_FSYNC+0x3e nfsrv_commit() at nfsrv_commit+0x69a nfssvc_nfsd() at nfssvc_nfsd+0x1d7 sys_nfssvc() at sys_nfssvc+0x22c syscall() at syscall+0xc4 crash> t/a fffffe8415e82060 trace: pid 10629 lid 3 at 0xfffffe811dbde3c0 sleepq_block() at sleepq_block+0xad turnstile_block() at turnstile_block+0x2bb rw_vector_enter() at rw_vector_enter+0x1eb genfs_lock() at genfs_lock+0x7b VOP_LOCK() at VOP_LOCK+0x32 vn_lock() at vn_lock+0x7d vget() at vget+0xa2 ufs_ihashget() at ufs_ihashget+0x84 ffs_vget() at ffs_vget+0xc1 ufs_fhtovp() at ufs_fhtovp+0x1f ffs_fhtovp() at ffs_fhtovp+0x55 VFS_FHTOVP() at VFS_FHTOVP+0x1c nfsrv_fhtovp() at nfsrv_fhtovp+0x9a nfsrv_write() at nfsrv_write+0x502 nfssvc_nfsd() at nfssvc_nfsd+0x1d7 sys_nfssvc() at sys_nfssvc+0x22c syscall() at syscall+0xc4 crash> t/a fffffe8267e74ac0 trace: pid 10629 lid 2 at 0xfffffe811e29e3c0 sleepq_block() at sleepq_block+0xad turnstile_block() at turnstile_block+0x2bb rw_vector_enter() at rw_vector_enter+0x1eb genfs_lock() at genfs_lock+0x7b VOP_LOCK() at VOP_LOCK+0x32 vn_lock() at vn_lock+0x7d vget() at vget+0xa2 ufs_ihashget() at ufs_ihashget+0x84 ffs_vget() at ffs_vget+0xc1 ufs_fhtovp() at ufs_fhtovp+0x1f ffs_fhtovp() at ffs_fhtovp+0x55 VFS_FHTOVP() at VFS_FHTOVP+0x1c nfsrv_fhtovp() at nfsrv_fhtovp+0x9a nfsrv_write() at nfsrv_write+0x502 nfssvc_nfsd() at nfssvc_nfsd+0x1d7 sys_nfssvc() at sys_nfssvc+0x22c syscall() at syscall+0xc4 crash> ps | fgrep tstile 10629 5 3 5 0 fffffe838c989680 slave tstile 10629 4 3 3 0 fffffe838c989260 slave tstile 10629 3 3 4 0 fffffe8415e82060 slave tstile 10629 2 3 2 0 fffffe8267e74ac0 slave tstile crash> ps | fgrep vnode 25995 1 3 1 1000000 fffffe8414a24100 dd vnode crash> t/a fffffe8414a24100 trace: pid 25995 lid 1 at 0xfffffe811e7de8f0 sleepq_block() at sleepq_block+0xad cv_wait() at cv_wait+0x9f vflushbuf() at vflushbuf+0x10f ffs_spec_fsync() at ffs_spec_fsync+0x3e VOP_FSYNC() at VOP_FSYNC+0x3e vinvalbuf() at vinvalbuf+0xf2 spec_close() at spec_close+0x73 VOP_CLOSE() at VOP_CLOSE+0x33 vn_close() at vn_close+0x4e closef() at closef+0x4a fd_close() at fd_close+0x116 syscall() at syscall+0xc4 crash> ps | fgrep bio 0 81 3 2 200 fffffe811dcc7b20 ioflush biolock 0 43 1 5 200 fffffe811d3631a0 softbio/5 0 37 1 4 200 fffffe811d33c160 softbio/4 0 31 1 3 200 fffffe811d318120 softbio/3 0 25 1 2 200 fffffe811d2f10e0 softbio/2 0 19 1 1 200 fffffe811d2cd0a0 softbio/1 0 4 1 0 200 fffffe841df43000 softbio/0 crash> t/a fffffe811dcc7b20 trace: pid 0 lid 81 at 0xfffffe811d8de980 sleepq_block() at sleepq_block+0xad cv_timedwait() at cv_timedwait+0xa7 bbusy() at bbusy+0xe4 getblk() at getblk+0x60 bio_doread.clone.1() at bio_doread.clone.1+0x1d bread() at bread+0x1a ffs_update() at ffs_update+0x12c ffs_sync() at ffs_sync+0x395 VFS_SYNC() at VFS_SYNC+0x1c sync_fsync() at sync_fsync+0x78 VOP_FSYNC() at VOP_FSYNC+0x3e sched_sync() at sched_sync+0x196 crash> ps | fgrep bio 0 81 3 2 200 fffffe811dcc7b20 ioflush biolock 0 43 1 5 200 fffffe811d3631a0 softbio/5 0 37 1 4 200 fffffe811d33c160 softbio/4 0 31 1 3 200 fffffe811d318120 softbio/3 0 25 1 2 200 fffffe811d2f10e0 softbio/2 0 19 1 1 200 fffffe811d2cd0a0 softbio/1 0 4 1 0 200 fffffe841df43000 softbio/0 crash> ps | fgrep tstile 10629 5 3 5 0 fffffe838c989680 slave tstile 10629 4 3 3 0 fffffe838c989260 slave tstile 10629 3 3 4 0 fffffe8415e82060 slave tstile 10629 2 3 2 0 fffffe8267e74ac0 slave tstile crash> ps | fgrep vnode 25995 1 3 1 1000000 fffffe8414a24100 dd vnode crash> t/a fffffe838c989680 trace: pid 10629 lid 5 at 0xfffffe811e25e4f0 sleepq_block() at sleepq_block+0xad turnstile_block() at turnstile_block+0x2bb rw_vector_enter() at rw_vector_enter+0x1eb wapbl_begin() at wapbl_begin+0x54 ffs_write() at ffs_write+0x8b9 VOP_WRITE() at VOP_WRITE+0x37 nfsrv_write() at nfsrv_write+0x923 nfssvc_nfsd() at nfssvc_nfsd+0x1d7 sys_nfssvc() at sys_nfssvc+0x22c syscall() at syscall+0xc4 crash> t/a fffffe838c989260 trace: pid 10629 lid 4 at 0xfffffe811e27e4f0 sleepq_block() at sleepq_block+0xad turnstile_block() at turnstile_block+0x2bb rw_vector_enter() at rw_vector_enter+0x1eb wapbl_flush() at wapbl_flush+0x54 ffs_fsync() at ffs_fsync+0x112 VOP_FSYNC() at VOP_FSYNC+0x3e nfsrv_commit() at nfsrv_commit+0x69a nfssvc_nfsd() at nfssvc_nfsd+0x1d7 sys_nfssvc() at sys_nfssvc+0x22c syscall() at syscall+0xc4 crash> t/a fffffe8415e82060 trace: pid 10629 lid 3 at 0xfffffe811dbde3c0 sleepq_block() at sleepq_block+0xad turnstile_block() at turnstile_block+0x2bb rw_vector_enter() at rw_vector_enter+0x1eb genfs_lock() at genfs_lock+0x7b VOP_LOCK() at VOP_LOCK+0x32 vn_lock() at vn_lock+0x7d vget() at vget+0xa2 ufs_ihashget() at ufs_ihashget+0x84 ffs_vget() at ffs_vget+0xc1 ufs_fhtovp() at ufs_fhtovp+0x1f ffs_fhtovp() at ffs_fhtovp+0x55 VFS_FHTOVP() at VFS_FHTOVP+0x1c nfsrv_fhtovp() at nfsrv_fhtovp+0x9a nfsrv_write() at nfsrv_write+0x502 nfssvc_nfsd() at nfssvc_nfsd+0x1d7 sys_nfssvc() at sys_nfssvc+0x22c syscall() at syscall+0xc4 crash> t/a fffffe8267e74ac0 trace: pid 10629 lid 2 at 0xfffffe811e29e3c0 sleepq_block() at sleepq_block+0xad turnstile_block() at turnstile_block+0x2bb rw_vector_enter() at rw_vector_enter+0x1eb genfs_lock() at genfs_lock+0x7b VOP_LOCK() at VOP_LOCK+0x32 vn_lock() at vn_lock+0x7d vget() at vget+0xa2 ufs_ihashget() at ufs_ihashget+0x84 ffs_vget() at ffs_vget+0xc1 ufs_fhtovp() at ufs_fhtovp+0x1f ffs_fhtovp() at ffs_fhtovp+0x55 VFS_FHTOVP() at VFS_FHTOVP+0x1c nfsrv_fhtovp() at nfsrv_fhtovp+0x9a nfsrv_write() at nfsrv_write+0x502 nfssvc_nfsd() at nfssvc_nfsd+0x1d7 sys_nfssvc() at sys_nfssvc+0x22c syscall() at syscall+0xc4 crash> ps | fgrep tstile 10629 5 3 5 0 fffffe838c989680 slave tstile 10629 4 3 3 0 fffffe838c989260 slave tstile 10629 3 3 4 0 fffffe8415e82060 slave tstile 10629 2 3 2 0 fffffe8267e74ac0 slave tstile crash> ps | fgrep bio 0 81 3 2 200 fffffe811dcc7b20 ioflush biolock 0 43 1 5 200 fffffe811d3631a0 softbio/5 0 37 1 4 200 fffffe811d33c160 softbio/4 0 31 1 3 200 fffffe811d318120 softbio/3 0 25 1 2 200 fffffe811d2f10e0 softbio/2 0 19 1 1 200 fffffe811d2cd0a0 softbio/1 0 4 1 0 200 fffffe841df43000 softbio/0 crash> t/a fffffe811dcc7b20 trace: pid 0 lid 81 at 0xfffffe811d8de980 sleepq_block() at sleepq_block+0xad cv_timedwait() at cv_timedwait+0xa7 bbusy() at bbusy+0xe4 getblk() at getblk+0x60 bio_doread.clone.1() at bio_doread.clone.1+0x1d bread() at bread+0x1a ffs_update() at ffs_update+0x12c ffs_sync() at ffs_sync+0x395 VFS_SYNC() at VFS_SYNC+0x1c sync_fsync() at sync_fsync+0x78 VOP_FSYNC() at VOP_FSYNC+0x3e sched_sync() at sched_sync+0x196 crash> ps PID LID S CPU FLAGS STRUCT LWP * NAME WAIT 1289 1 3 5 80 fffffe8409149aa0 top select 25995 1 3 1 1000000 fffffe8414a24100 dd vnode 22136 1 3 5 80 fffffe83b08c8620 bash ttyraw 29161 1 3 5 80 fffffe834e863660 sshd select 25652 1 3 5 80 fffffe830277f980 sshd select 1189 > 1 7 5 0 fffffe82d1efd1a0 crash 28039 1 3 5 80 fffffe82f8d9d960 bash wait 24356 1 3 4 80 fffffe830a8fd320 sshd select 1238 1 3 5 80 fffffe82d5a5d220 sshd select 27367 1 3 3 80 fffffe828a76b1e0 pickup kqueue 8870 1 3 5 80 fffffe830949f920 bash wait 26261 1 2 5 0 fffffe811dd31300 sshd 28509 1 3 5 80 fffffe830277f140 sshd select 29114 1 3 1 80 fffffe8267e74280 bash wait 21390 1 3 4 80 fffffe811dd31720 sshd select 26363 1 3 5 80 fffffe83f47cb520 sshd select 23707 1 3 5 80 fffffe82d45be180 ssh-agent select 10451 1 3 2 80 fffffe8309edd040 ssh-agent select 3379 1 3 4 80 fffffe8414ed4960 ssh-agent select 1606 1 3 0 80 fffffe838c989aa0 rpc.lockd select 29647 1 3 2 80 fffffe83894bd240 rpc.statd select 10629 5 3 5 0 fffffe838c989680 slave tstile 10629 4 3 3 0 fffffe838c989260 slave tstile 10629 3 3 4 0 fffffe8415e82060 slave tstile 10629 2 3 2 0 fffffe8267e74ac0 slave tstile 10629 1 3 5 80 fffffe811e269780 master select 4721 1 3 5 80 fffffe8152a3c420 bash ttyraw 7479 1 3 0 80 fffffe8267e746a0 sshd select 4722 1 3 0 80 fffffe840f343180 sshd select 1004 1 3 5 80 fffffe811dd31b40 getty ttyraw 1013 1 3 4 80 fffffe8414b1b560 cron nanoslp 639 1 3 1 80 fffffe815213c900 inetd kqueue 675 1 3 1 80 fffffe8414b1b980 qmgr kqueue 941 1 3 3 80 fffffe84155ec0e0 master kqueue 600 1 3 5 80 fffffe84155ec500 sshd select 580 20438 5 1 0 fffffe830949f0e0 dsmc 580 1006 3 1 80 fffffe8414a24520 dsmc sigwait 580 580 3 5 80 fffffe815215c0a0 dsmc nanoslp 560 1 3 2 80 fffffe815213c0c0 powerd kqueue 338 1 3 3 80 fffffe815213c4e0 ntpd pause 495 1 3 4 80 fffffe815215c8e0 ipmon nanoslp 381 1 3 5 80 fffffe8152a3c000 mountd select 337 1 3 3 80 fffffe811e02db80 rpcbind select 316 1 3 2 80 fffffe8152a3c840 syslogd kqueue 1 1 3 1 80 fffffe811d83d6c0 init wait 0 165 5 3 200 fffffe840ea231a0 (zombie) 0 90 3 4 200 fffffe8419a7a040 nfsio nfsiod 0 89 3 4 200 fffffe8419a7a460 nfsio nfsiod 0 88 3 4 200 fffffe8419a7a880 nfsio nfsiod 0 87 3 4 200 fffffe841a08e020 nfsio nfsiod 0 86 3 0 200 fffffe841a08e440 ipmi0 ipmi0 0 85 3 0 200 fffffe811e269ba0 raidio1 raidiow 0 84 3 2 200 fffffe811e02d760 raid1 rfnodeq 0 83 3 0 200 fffffe811e02d340 physiod physiod 0 82 3 5 200 fffffe811dcc72e0 aiodoned aiodoned 0 81 3 2 200 fffffe811dcc7b20 ioflush biolock 0 80 3 4 200 fffffe811dcc7700 pgdaemon pgdaemon 0 77 3 3 200 fffffe811d86f2c0 raidio0 raidiow 0 76 3 5 200 fffffe811d86f6e0 raid0 rfnodeq 0 75 3 5 200 fffffe811d7f2ac0 cryptoret crypto_w 0 74 3 3 200 fffffe811d791260 usb6 usbevt 0 73 3 1 200 fffffe811d791680 usb5 usbevt 0 72 3 4 200 fffffe811d791aa0 usb4 usbevt 0 71 3 5 200 fffffe811d7b0240 usb3 usbevt 0 70 3 4 200 fffffe811d7b0660 usb2 usbevt 0 69 3 1 200 fffffe811d7b0a80 usb1 usbevt 0 68 3 5 200 fffffe811d86fb00 usbtask-dr usbtsk 0 67 3 5 200 fffffe811d83d2a0 usbtask-hc usbtsk 0 66 3 0 200 fffffe811d7f26a0 usb0 usbevt 0 65 3 5 200 fffffe811d83dae0 unpgc unpgc 0 64 3 1 200 fffffe811d7f2280 vmem_rehash vmem_rehash 0 55 3 5 200 fffffe811d666220 iic0 iicintr 0 54 3 0 200 fffffe811d666640 atabus5 atath 0 53 3 0 200 fffffe811d666a60 atabus4 atath 0 52 3 0 200 fffffe811d699200 atabus3 atath 0 51 3 0 200 fffffe811d699620 atabus2 atath 0 50 3 0 200 fffffe811d699a40 atabus1 atath 0 49 3 0 200 fffffe811d3bf1e0 atabus0 atath 0 48 3 0 200 fffffe811d3bf600 scsibus0 sccomp 0 47 3 5 200 fffffe811d3bfa20 ipmi ipmipoll 0 46 3 5 200 fffffe811d3841c0 xcall/5 xcall 0 45 1 5 200 fffffe811d3845e0 softser/5 0 44 1 5 200 fffffe811d384a00 softclk/5 0 43 1 5 200 fffffe811d3631a0 softbio/5 0 42 1 5 200 fffffe811d3635c0 softnet/5 0 41 1 5 201 fffffe811d3639e0 idle/5 0 40 3 4 200 fffffe811d332180 xcall/4 xcall 0 39 1 4 200 fffffe811d3325a0 softser/4 0 38 1 4 200 fffffe811d3329c0 softclk/4 0 37 1 4 200 fffffe811d33c160 softbio/4 0 36 1 4 200 fffffe811d33c580 softnet/4 0 > 35 7 4 201 fffffe811d33c9a0 idle/4 0 34 3 3 200 fffffe811d338140 xcall/3 xcall 0 33 1 3 200 fffffe811d338560 softser/3 0 32 1 3 200 fffffe811d338980 softclk/3 0 31 1 3 200 fffffe811d318120 softbio/3 0 30 1 3 200 fffffe811d318540 softnet/3 0 > 29 7 3 201 fffffe811d318960 idle/3 0 28 3 2 200 fffffe811d2f3100 xcall/2 xcall 0 27 1 2 200 fffffe811d2f3520 softser/2 0 26 1 2 200 fffffe811d2f3940 softclk/2 0 25 1 2 200 fffffe811d2f10e0 softbio/2 0 24 1 2 200 fffffe811d2f1500 softnet/2 0 > 23 7 2 201 fffffe811d2f1920 idle/2 0 22 3 1 200 fffffe811d2eb0c0 xcall/1 xcall 0 21 1 1 200 fffffe811d2eb4e0 softser/1 0 20 1 1 200 fffffe811d2eb900 softclk/1 0 19 1 1 200 fffffe811d2cd0a0 softbio/1 0 18 1 1 200 fffffe811d2cd4c0 softnet/1 0 > 17 7 1 201 fffffe811d2cd8e0 idle/1 0 16 3 0 200 fffffe841a31b080 sysmon smtaskq 0 15 3 0 200 fffffe841a31b4a0 pmfsuspend pmfsuspend 0 14 3 0 200 fffffe841a31b8c0 pmfevent pmfevent 0 13 3 5 200 fffffe841cf2a060 sopendfree sopendfr 0 12 3 0 200 fffffe841cf2a480 nfssilly nfssilly 0 11 3 3 200 fffffe841cf2a8a0 cachegc cachegc 0 10 3 5 200 fffffe841df33040 vrele vrele 0 9 3 3 200 fffffe841df33460 vdrain vdrain 0 8 3 0 200 fffffe841df33880 modunload mod_unld 0 7 3 0 200 fffffe841df3a020 xcall/0 xcall 0 6 1 0 200 fffffe841df3a440 softser/0 0 5 1 0 200 fffffe841df3a860 softclk/0 0 4 1 0 200 fffffe841df43000 softbio/0 0 3 1 0 200 fffffe841df43420 softnet/0 0 > 2 7 0 201 fffffe841df43840 idle/0 0 1 3 3 200 ffffffff806db020 swapper uvm Does that help?