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From: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Remotely rebooting a machine with state 'D' processes, how?
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 17:04:07 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010810170407.G28914@mikef-linux.matchmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108101557180.1048-100000@penguin.transmeta.com> <20010811095051.A28624@gondor.apana.org.au>
In-Reply-To: <20010811095051.A28624@gondor.apana.org.au>

On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 09:50:51AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 03:58:02PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 
> > Besides, does the reboot system call actually get the BKL? I don't think
> > it should need it..
> 
> Actually, the machine in question turned out to be UP :)
> 
> However, it does have RAID 1 and the notifier call chain stuff looks like
> a killer to me since it leads to do_md_stop.
> 
> Perhaps we need a RESTART3 that restarts without notifying?

Interesting...

I have an oldworld ppc mac with RAID1 compiled on 2.2.19, and a bad floppy
made badblocks unkillable.

Is there another way to kill that will work when kill -9 won't?

  reply	other threads:[~2001-08-11  0:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-08-10 21:19 Remotely rebooting a machine with state 'D' processes, how? Axel Thimm
2001-08-10 21:57 ` Brian
2001-08-10 21:59 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-10 22:50   ` Herbert Xu
2001-08-10 22:55     ` Andi Kleen
2001-08-10 23:05       ` Herbert Xu
2001-08-10 22:57     ` Robert Love
2001-08-10 22:58     ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-10 23:50       ` Herbert Xu
2001-08-11  0:04         ` Mike Fedyk [this message]
2001-08-19  4:02           ` Troy Benjegerdes
2001-08-11  0:06         ` Chris Abbey
2001-08-10 22:58     ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-08-11  7:26   ` Axel Thimm
2001-08-11 11:28   ` Kai Henningsen
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-08-10 23:25 Ricardo Galli

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