Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262592AbUKEElC (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:41:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262595AbUKEElB (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:41:01 -0500 Received: from ultra7.eskimo.com ([204.122.16.70]:18957 "EHLO ultra7.eskimo.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262592AbUKEEkw (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:40:52 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 20:38:31 -0800 From: Elladan To: Tim Connors Cc: Elladan , Denis Vlasenko , Russell Miller , Doug McNaught , Jim Nelson , DervishD , Gene Heskett , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, M?ns Rullg?rd Subject: Re: is killing zombies possible w/o a reboot? Message-ID: <20041105043831.GD17010@eskimo.com> References: <200411030751.39578.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <87k6t24jsr.fsf@asmodeus.mcnaught.org> <200411031733.30469.rmiller@duskglow.com> <200411040839.34350.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> <20041105023850.GC17010@eskimo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 776 Lines: 17 On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 02:10:35PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > Elladan said on Thu, 4 Nov 2004 18:38:50 -0800: > > If a process is in D state and receives a SIGKILL, assume it must exit > > within a few seconds or it's a bug, and dump as much information about > > it as is practical...? > > Of course, it's not necessarily a bug. Someone could have just kicked > the ethernet, and so your process is stuck waiting for a read/write. Sounds like a bug to me. Kernel resource leak due to network activity? -J - 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/