Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 06:37:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 06:37:05 -0500 Received: from ghost.btnet.cz ([62.80.85.74]:260 "HELO ghost.btnet.cz") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 06:36:51 -0500 Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 12:40:03 +0200 From: clock@ghost.btnet.cz To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Hanging process Message-ID: <20010329124003.B156@ghost.btnet.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I did cat /dev/zero >/dev/fd0 no space left on device (that's correct) ps ax | grep cat kill pid - nothing kill -9 pid - nothing then I repeatedly did the kill -9 , when after about half a minute it started working What's wrong? Why was the process unkillable? -- Karel Kulhavy http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~clock - 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/