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2.4.3-pre3

richh    12557  0.0  0.7  5096 1704 pts/10   D    04:32   0:00 ./egg
idaho
richh    12558  0.0  0.0     0    0 pts/10   Z    04:32   0:00 [egg
<defunct>]
richh    12560  0.0  0.7  5096 1704 pts/10   S    04:32   0:00 ./egg
idaho

# ps -eo args,wchan|grep egg
./egg idaho      down
[egg <defunct>]  do_exit
./egg idaho      rt_sigsuspend

kill -9 had no effect on 12557 until i killed 12560.  this D state
process held the load at 1.01 for hours.

any takers?

-d

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