Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264547AbTI2TXq (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:23:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264548AbTI2TXp (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:23:45 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:13270 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264547AbTI2TXn (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:23:43 -0400 Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:23:33 -0700 From: Chris Wright To: Bradley Chapman Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BUG] Defunct event/0 processes under 2.6.0-test6-mm1 Message-ID: <20030929122333.C6871@osdlab.pdx.osdl.net> References: <20030929120910.A6895@osdlab.pdx.osdl.net> <20030929191352.10470.qmail@web40902.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20030929191352.10470.qmail@web40902.mail.yahoo.com>; from kakadu_croc@yahoo.com on Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 12:13:52PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Bradley Chapman (kakadu_croc@yahoo.com) wrote: > He is right. I reverted call_usermodehelper-retval-fix-2.patch and everything > works again. Why would that break the source of events/0 and hotplug? That patch changes the SIGCHLD handler for kernel threads that are started via wait_for_helper(). These threads are cloned from keventd (hence events/0 as the process name), and they call hotplug. The child is not being reaped properly. thanks, -chris -- Linux Security Modules http://lsm.immunix.org http://lsm.bkbits.net - 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/