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From: mishkin@apollo.COM (Nathaniel Mishkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Hash table problems
Message-ID: <410e67a8.18fa1@apollo.COM>
Date: 24 Jan 89 13:56:00 GMT
References: <1071@nic.MR.NET>
Reply-To: mishkin@apollo.com (Nathaniel Mishkin)
Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, MA
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In article <1071@nic.MR.NET> pabong@gonzo.UUCP (Paul A. Bong) writes:
>
>	I have recently started to get a strange
>message appearing in the error window for the DM.
>It is something like:
>
>	unable to get sfbc hash table mutex lock
>
>	Does anyone know what is causing this 
>and more importantly, how can I stop it from
>happening again.

This is a generally fatal bug.  If you see it, you should reboot right
away as things are not likely to get better.  In short, something has
grabbed but failed to release a critical system mutual exclusion lock
(in this case one that is needed every time a file is opened).
Unfortunately, in my experience this bug shows up only very sporadically
and it not generally reproducible.  Needless to say, however, if you
continue to see it, you should file an APR.

-- 
                    -- Nat Mishkin
                       Apollo Computer Inc., Chelmsford, MA
                       mishkin@apollo.com