I know my 2.4..20 SMP kernel has a /dev/random problem - it will work
for a couple hours/days/weeks, then will just block infinitely.
-David Waite
Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
>"maru" <maru@mobile.rogers.com> writes:
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>>I see this behaviour on on a compaq dl380 box, smp 2.4.20, and while
>>the svn client works fine, svnadmin hangs when I try to create a
>>repository.
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>svn_repos_create() calls apr_uuid_get(), which calls
>apr_generate_random_bytes(), which potentially blocks forever trying
>to read /dev/random.
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>I (and others) have been bitten by this problem on certain systems
>(FreeBSD 4.X, for example). You have to create more system-entropy
>to get the operation to un-block. Try running 'svnadmin create', and
>then type a lot. Does it unfreeze?
>
>I wonder if your smp 2.4.20 kernel has a blocky /dev/random problem.
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Received on Sat Apr 19 06:30:29 2003