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From: Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com>
To: psusi@cfl.rr.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [bug report] NFS and uninterruptable wait states
Date: 03 Sep 2001 13:42:59 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3sne4p3vg.fsf@belphigor.mcnaught.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <01090310483100.26387@faldara> <m3zo8cp93a.fsf@belphigor.mcnaught.org> <01090311553201.26387@faldara>
In-Reply-To: Phillip Susi's message of "Mon, 3 Sep 2001 11:55:32 +0000"

Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com> writes:

> That's all well and good that the process won't get an error back, but imho, 
> a process should *NEVER* be beyond the reach of a SIGKILL.  I mean, an 
> unkillable process prevents a clean shutdown, doesn't it?  ( can't kill the 
> process, can't unmount the filesystem ).  

D state has always meant unkillable.  If you don't like it, you now
know how to change it.

-Doug
-- 
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  reply	other threads:[~2001-09-03 17:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-09-03 10:48 [bug report] NFS and uninterruptable wait states Phillip Susi
2001-09-03 15:11 ` Peter Wächtler
2001-09-03 15:17   ` Peter Wächtler
2001-09-03 15:50 ` Doug McNaught
2001-09-03 11:55   ` Phillip Susi
2001-09-03 17:42     ` Doug McNaught [this message]
2001-09-03 16:28 ` David Woodhouse
2001-09-03 17:09   ` Peter Wächtler
2001-09-03 17:14   ` David Woodhouse
2001-09-03 17:50   ` Doug McNaught
2001-09-10 13:53   ` Jan Hudec
2001-09-03 22:11 ` Sound Blaster Live - OSS or Not? Thiago Vinhas de Moraes
2001-09-03 22:26   ` Tim Jansen
2001-09-03 22:26     ` Thiago Vinhas de Moraes
2001-09-03 22:51       ` Robert Love
2001-09-04  3:38         ` Garett Spencley
2001-09-03 23:03   ` Joel Jaeggli
2001-09-03 23:35     ` machack
2001-09-04 10:54   ` Daryl F
2001-09-04 12:09   ` rui.p.m.sousa
2001-09-04 17:08     ` Thiago Vinhas de Moraes
2001-09-04 17:36       ` rui.p.m.sousa

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