From: "Ortwin Glück" <odi@odi.ch>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: freeze when strace X
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:26:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C0FF8F2.5070104@odi.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100609200610.GA27536@srcf.ucam.org>
On 09.06.2010 22:06, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> strace needs to output text via X, which generates output which needs to
> be output via X... and you'll tend to deadlock. If X is holding any
> interesting kernel locks at that point then it wouldn't surprise me if
> the machine ends up dead.
Alright. It *is* a silly thing to do. Sorry.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-09 20:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-09 18:38 freeze when strace X Ortwin Glück
2010-06-09 19:52 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-06-09 20:02 ` Ortwin Glück
2010-06-09 20:06 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-06-09 20:26 ` Ortwin Glück [this message]
2010-06-09 20:47 ` Thomas Gleixner
2010-06-09 20:53 ` Matthew Garrett
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