From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758565AbZBDXkl (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:40:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754516AbZBDXkZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:40:25 -0500 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:44510 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753962AbZBDXkX (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:40:23 -0500 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:39:54 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Alex Romosan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.29-rc3: weird process after resume Message-Id: <20090204153954.844ac67b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <878womf727.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> References: <878womf727.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:25:20 -0800 Alex Romosan wrote: > this is on a thinkpad t61p with an intel core2 cpu. i just noticed > that after resuming from suspending to memory i get a weirdly named > process. i did a ps before and after and the only difference was that > before i had this process: > > [hda0/1] > > and after this one: > > [__?__;??____D__"?______] > > with everything else being the same. the laptop seems to be working > fine and the problem could have been there for a while but i just > didn't notice it. i am including my .config file. let me know if you > need anything else. Were earlier kernels OK? If so, which version? What the heck is that kernel thread anyway? It looks like something derived from an IDE device.