From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:55:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:55:48 -0500 Received: from 12-224-37-81.client.attbi.com ([12.224.37.81]:32772 "HELO kroah.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:55:28 -0500 Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 21:53:09 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Clifford Kite Cc: Kernel mailing list Subject: Re: Kernel zombie threads after module removal. Message-ID: <20020205055309.GH31025@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i X-Operating-System: Linux 2.2.20 (i586) Reply-By: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 02:46:16 -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 08:51:40PM -0600, Clifford Kite wrote: > This problem occurs in the kernels 2.4.5-ac9 and 2.4.12, with basic USB > support compiled into both the kernels. After removing the usb-storage.o > and the SCSI sd_mod.o modules two zombie kernel treads remain: > > root 2985 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 12:07 0:00 [usb-storage-0 ] > root 2986 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 12:07 0:00 [scsi_eh_0 ] These are usb-storage zombies, and I think the latest 2.4.18-pre tree has a fix for them. If not, please contact the usb-storage maintainer, as he would be the proper person for this. thanks, greg k-h