From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261685AbTJTCYt (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Oct 2003 22:24:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262377AbTJTCYt (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Oct 2003 22:24:49 -0400 Received: from 87.Red-81-38-202.pooles.rima-tde.net ([81.38.202.87]:48426 "EHLO falafell.ghetto") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261685AbTJTCYs (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Oct 2003 22:24:48 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 04:24:43 +0200 From: Pedro Larroy To: Andrew Morton Cc: wli@holomorphy.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BUG] D-states in test8 Message-ID: <20031020022443.GA1723@81.38.200.176> Reply-To: piotr@member.fsf.org References: <20031019205630.GA1153@81.38.200.176> <20031019160127.191a189a.akpm@osdl.org> <20031020012914.GA1315@81.38.200.176> <20031019183610.4410757b.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031019183610.4410757b.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 06:36:10PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Pedro Larroy wrote: > > > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 04:01:27PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > Pedro Larroy wrote: > > > > > > > > Process just started to get into D state, all subsequent ps got into D. > > > > The first that got into D state was mplayer. > > > > > > This might help. > > > > > > --- 25/sound/core/pcm_native.c~pcm_native-deadlock-fix 2003-10-19 15:58:31.000000000 -0700 > > > > > > Thanks. Also thanks to wli for the insight. > > > > Well. The emphasis is on "might". That locking bug was on an error path > and it's quite possible that the deadlock is due to a different bug which > is still there. > Now seems I can't get them stuck. Hmm, Before I just opened twice /dev/dsp IIRC and then both processes got stuck in D. so snd_pcm_open_file must have returned < 0 I can try to play a little with it tomorrow to see why gets into the error path. -- Pedro Larroy Tovar | piotr%member.fsf.org Software patents are a threat to innovation in Europe please check: http://www.eurolinux.org/