SUMMARY: assertion failed panic

From: Eric William Burger (ericb@telecnnct.com)
Date: Wed Aug 09 1995 - 15:20:36 CDT


Original Posting:

: Here's a mystery panic. Any help appreciated:
:
: Aug 8 11:35:27 water vmunix: assertion failed: ld->l_xxx != GRANT_LOCK_FLAG, file: ../../ufs/ufs_lockf.c, line: 995
: Aug 8 11:35:27 water vmunix: panic on cpu 0: assertion failed
:
:
: This is an Opus SPARCard 5 (SPARCstation 5 clone), running SunOS
: 4.1.4_DBE1.4 out of the box (no special modifications for Opus),
: 128 MB RAM, etc., etc.
:
: TIA

Unanimous response: apply 4.1.4 lockd patch, 102264-02.

Thanks to:
mike@eandm.co.il (Mike Dubman)
Ernst-Gunar Ortlepp <ortlepp@dkrz.d400.de>
martin@gea.hsr.it (Martin Achilli)
Steinar.Haug@runit.sintef.no
john@float.demon.co.uk (floating point solutions ltd)

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Ernst-Gunar Ortlepp <ortlepp@dkrz.d400.de> also noted:

> I'm am running 4.1.4 now and solved this problem by installing patch > 102264-02 (rpc.lockd patch for assertion failed panic) from SunSolve-CD. > This patch only consist of one file, OBS/ufs_lock.o.

Steinar.Haug@runit.sintef.no also included where to get the patch: ftp://ftp.unit.no/pub/unix/sun-fixes/102264-02.tar.gz

Steinar.Haug@runit.sintef.no also included the README from the patch:

> Patch-ID# 102264-02 > Keywords: lockd, rpc.lockd, file locking, hang, locking, file, nfs > Synopsis: SunOS 4.1.4: rpc.lockd patch for assertion failed panic > Date: Jan/31/95 > > Solaris Release: 1.1.2 > > SunOS release: 4.1.4 > > Xref: The following related patches exist for other versions > of SunOS: > Patch SunOS Contents > ======== ====== ========== > 101784-03 4.1.3_U1 rpc.lockd Jumbo Patch > 100075-17 4.1.3 rpc.lockd Jumbo Patch > > > Relevant Architectures: sparc > > BugId's fixed with this patch: 1178842 > > Changes incorporated in this version: 1178842 > > Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: > > Patches which conflict with this patch: > > Patches required with this patch: > > Obsoleted by: > > Files included with this patch: > > README > sun4/ufs_lockf.o > sun4c/ufs_lockf.o > sun4m/ufs_lockf.o > > > Problem Description: > > -02 Rev: Add sun4 support > > -01 Rev: > 1178842 --> Assertion failed panic related to fcntl() call from > the lock manager > > > Patch Installation Instructions: > > After extracting patch contents into /tmp, become root and install > the patch as follows: > > mv /usr/kvm/sys/`arch -k`/OBJ/ufs_lockf.o /usr/kvm/sys/`arch -k`/OBJ/ufs_lockf.o.FCS > > cp /tmp/`arch -k`/ufs_lockf.o /usr/kvm/sys/`arch -k`/OBJ > > chmod 444 /usr/kvm/sys/`arch -k`/OBJ/ufs_lockf.o > chown root.staff /usr/kvm/sys/`arch -k`/OBJ/ufs_lockf.o > > Rerun /etc/config <kernel-name> and make and install the new kernel. > > Please refer to the system and networking administration manual > for details on building and installing a new kernel.



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