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From: "Thomas Langås" <tlan@stud.ntnu.no>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Unable to kill processes in D-state
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 11:07:05 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021005090705.GA18475@stud.ntnu.no> (raw)

Hi!

We have a fairly large installation on-campus, and we have some problems
with the current linux-kernel (and older ones) - namely that processes
entering D-state will stay there forever (given that the right event got
them there in the first place).  This right event is killing the 
autofs-daemon.  Doing this will result in heavy load because of lots
of D-state processes, and you can't kill any of the D-state processes.
Why shouldn't one be able to kill processes that has entered D-state?
We have to reboot our servers to get rid of this problem, and it's
rather annoying.

-- 
Thomas

             reply	other threads:[~2002-10-05  9:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-05  9:07 Thomas Langås [this message]
2002-10-05 18:11 ` Unable to kill processes in D-state Robert Love
2002-10-05 18:27   ` Jan Hudec
2002-10-05 23:56     ` Thomas Langås
2002-10-06  2:18       ` jw schultz
2002-10-06  2:37         ` Robert Love
2002-10-06  2:49           ` jw schultz
2002-10-06 10:59             ` Thomas Langås
2002-10-06 12:24               ` jw schultz
2002-10-06 14:36                 ` Thomas Langås
2002-10-06 16:42                   ` Jan Hudec
2002-10-06 17:09                     ` Thomas Langås
2002-10-06 17:43                       ` Jan Hudec
2002-10-07 12:24                       ` Denis Vlasenko
2002-10-16  0:33                         ` Thomas Langås
2002-10-06 14:30               ` Graham Murray
2002-10-06 14:54                 ` Thomas Langås
2002-10-06 20:26             ` Rik van Riel

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