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From: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
To: Andreas Haumer <andreas@xss.co.at>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Deadlock: Linux-2.2.18, sym53c8xx, Compaq ProLiant, HP Ultrium
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 00:24:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C2121B8.1030702@colorfullife.com> (raw)

>
>
>   After that, the amanda process hangs in state "D" and
>   cannot be killed anymore. The machine itself is still
>   working.
>  
>
If something is stuck in D state, always try sysrq-T.
This dumps the kernel stack of all processes. Check that the stuck 
process is logged (the kernel log can overflow if many processes are 
running), then parse the result through ksymoops.
This shows you/us where it stuck.

--
    Manfred


             reply	other threads:[~2001-12-19 23:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-12-19 23:24 Manfred Spraul [this message]
2001-12-20  9:47 ` Deadlock: Linux-2.2.18, sym53c8xx, Compaq ProLiant, HP Ultrium Andreas Haumer
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-12-19 13:20 Andreas Haumer
2001-12-19 18:34 ` Gérard Roudier
2001-12-20  9:40   ` Andreas Haumer
2001-12-20 19:24     ` Gérard Roudier

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