Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261674AbTHYKe1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2003 06:34:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261675AbTHYKe1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2003 06:34:27 -0400 Received: from vaxjo.synopsys.com ([198.182.60.75]:57057 "EHLO vaxjo.synopsys.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261674AbTHYKe0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2003 06:34:26 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:34:20 +0200 From: Alex Riesen To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH]O18.1int Message-ID: <20030825103420.GL16080@Synopsys.COM> Reply-To: alexander.riesen@synopsys.COM Mail-Followup-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200308231555.24530.kernel@kolivas.org> <20030825094240.GJ16080@Synopsys.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Organization: Synopsys, Inc. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1247 Lines: 30 M?ns Rullg?rd, Mon, Aug 25, 2003 12:17:16 +0200: > Alex Riesen writes: > > >> XEmacs still spins after running a background job like make or grep. > >> It's fine if I reverse patch-O16.2-O16.3. The spinning doesn't happen > >> as often, or as long time as with O16.3, but it's there and it's > >> irritating. > > > > another example is RXVT (an X terminal emulator). Starts spinnig after > > it's child has exited. Not always, but annoyingly often. System is > > almost locked while it spins (calling select). > > It sounds like the same bug. IMHO, it's rather bad, since a > non-privileged process can make the system unusable for a non-zero > amount of time. the source of RXVT looks more like the bug: it does not check for errors, even though it is a bit tricky to get portably. It is still a problem, though: "_almost_ locked" does not make it nice. > How should I do to capture some information about this thing? Use "top" and look at the dynamic priority. - 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/