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Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 14:39:36 -0300
From: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>
To: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com>
Cc: Rob Mueller <robm@fastmail.fm>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Processes stuck in unkillable D state (2.4 and 2.6)
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On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 12:51:02PM -0400, Chris Mason wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 10:58, Rob Mueller wrote:
> > > Hi, could you please post the full sysrq-t output?
> > 
> > Sure. The 2 procs stuck in D state were 5873 and 15071.
> 
> Well, you've got two procs waiting for pages but it isn't entirely clear
> why they aren't getting them.  There have been quite a few fixes in this
> area since 2.6.4, how hard is it for you to upgrade?

Chris,

However the said should not be present in v2.4, right?