From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Corrupted meta data
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:20:34 -0400
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> error: could not unpack meta block: /active/sys/src/9/pc[3]: corrupted meta data
> What does the 3 refer to?  The 3rd block of the pc directory,
> maybe?

Yes.

Your best bet is probably to clri /active/sys/src/9/pc
and not look back.

> BTW, I had it lock up again this morning.  I've noticed that
> when it does, it uses 100% of the CPU.  It's acting like
> it's stuck in a spin lock.  I can't say for sure, so this
> may be a red herring, but it has seemed that every time
> it's locked up, it's been when doing I/O to the sdloop
> device.

Locks on Plan 9 don't use 100% of the cpu.
Even spin locks start sleeping after enough
contention.

It's more likely in a bad loop somewhere.
Is it repeatedly doing I/O during the 100% cpu?

Russ