Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 10:58:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 10:58:24 -0400 Received: from flaske.stud.ntnu.no ([129.241.56.72]:50585 "EHLO flaske.stud.ntnu.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 10:58:23 -0400 Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 16:54:50 +0200 From: Thomas =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lang=E5s?= To: Graham Murray Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Unable to kill processes in D-state Message-ID: <20021006145450.GB30441@stud.ntnu.no> Reply-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20021005090705.GA18475@stud.ntnu.no> <1033841462.1247.3716.camel@phantasy> <20021005182740.GC16200@vagabond> <20021005235614.GC25827@stud.ntnu.no> <20021006021802.GA31878@pegasys.ws> <1033871869.1247.4397.camel@phantasy> <20021006024902.GB31878@pegasys.ws> <20021006105917.GB13046@stud.ntnu.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 743 Lines: 18 Graham Murray: > > They won't have any effect on the system, but the load number is > > insane (we have a 2 CPU intel-boks with a load number of 480) > > and there's like 200-300 (or more) processes hanging in D-state > > with they're FD's and stuff. > That in itself could have an effect on the system. Applications such > as sendmail and inn can monitor the load average and enter an > 'overload' state (eg refuse connections) if it gets too high. Good point, didn't think of that :) -- Thomas - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/