From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 13:43:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 13:42:56 -0400 Received: from [216.151.155.121] ([216.151.155.121]:61190 "EHLO belphigor.mcnaught.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 13:42:46 -0400 To: psusi@cfl.rr.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [bug report] NFS and uninterruptable wait states In-Reply-To: <01090310483100.26387@faldara> <01090311553201.26387@faldara> From: Doug McNaught Date: 03 Sep 2001 13:42:59 -0400 In-Reply-To: Phillip Susi's message of "Mon, 3 Sep 2001 11:55:32 +0000" Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0806 (Gnus v5.8.6) XEmacs/21.1 (20 Minutes to Nikko) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Phillip Susi 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 -- Free Dmitry Sklyarov! http://www.freesklyarov.org/ We will return to our regularly scheduled signature shortly.