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Subject: Re: Processes hanging in D state in 2.4.3 - any findings?
To: eparis@andrew.cmu.edu (Eloy A. Paris)
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 20:59:25 +0100 (BST)
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In-Reply-To: <20010409114828.A25594@antenas> from "Eloy A. Paris" at Apr 09, 2001 11:48:28 AM
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> I have seen several messages posted to l-k about people reporting
> processes (mozilla most of the time) hanging in the D state in 2.4.3,
> but I haven't seen someone posting a possible explanation or solution 
> to the problem.
> Anyone knows where does the problem lie, or a workaround for the
> problem? I hate going through the fsck that happens when umount fails
> because processes are in the D state...

2.2.19 or wait for 2.4.4pre soon to fix the semaphore problem that causes
this
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