From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.goquest.com (mail.goquest.com [63.172.73.8]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 407A3484A for ; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 06:18:28 -0600 (MDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Michael S.Zick To: Thibaut VARENE , Ryan Bradetich Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] 2.4.18-pa35 SMP process hangs on a J200 Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:10:04 -0500 Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org, grundler@cup.hp.com, Randolph Chung References: <5BA66B90-7D12-11D6-B01F-0030656F07A2@esiee.fr> In-Reply-To: <5BA66B90-7D12-11D6-B01F-0030656F07A2@esiee.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <02061107100403.00732@localhost.localdomain> Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Tuesday 11 June 2002 03:08 am, Thibaut VARENE wrote: > Le mardi 11 juin 2002, à 07:36 , Ryan Bradetich a écrit : > > Digging into the system a bit, here is what I found: > > > > * The setiathome process that hung (PID 326) will hang any other > > process that tries to access /proc/326/*. (This is why top, > > ps, etc all hang after the process gets stuck). Sirs... I SEEM to experience a similar situation on 2.4.18-linux-x86-SMP using the P111-S processors (with 512K L2 cache). Quite rare; evidently some very small window for failure. I don't have any solid leads yet (although I have theories). Just a note that it might not be HPPA specific. Mike