Re: cvs update on large binary file causes server reboot

[Harald Dunkel]

Adam Kramer wrote:
> I'm using X86 Gentoo Linux with a gentoo linux kernel 2.6.10. CVS
> 1.11.19 is installed from sources.
> 
> I commited in an approx. 14Mb Microsoft word doc as a binary file, which
> went just fine.
> But when I go to update the file in other cvs working directories, it
> does not update and the server where cvs resides completely shuts down
> and boots up again.
> Has anyone seen behaviour like this with large binary files?
> 

This is either a hardware problem (e.g. defect RAM), or a bug in
your kernel. No user space process (like the CVS server) should
be able to crash the complete machine.

I would suggest to install a newer kernel version first. The most
recent one is 2.6.12.5, AFAIK. Building the kernel is also a
good test for defect memory.

If you still can reproduce the problem with the new kernel, then
I would suggest to ask this question on the Linux Kernel Mailing
List (http://lkml.org/).


Good luck

Harri