Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261359AbUKNWoR (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:44:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261360AbUKNWoR (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:44:17 -0500 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:5857 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261359AbUKNWoP (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:44:15 -0500 Subject: Re: 2.6.9: unkillable processes during heavy IO From: Alan Cox To: Brad Fitzpatrick Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1100468463.25613.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 21:41:05 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 525 Lines: 13 On Sul, 2004-11-14 at 22:15, Brad Fitzpatrick wrote: > Next time it hangs like this, how can I get a kernel backtrace or other useful information > for a certain process? See what is in dmesg and /var/log/messages. Use ps to get the waitqueue of the stuck processes (see man ps) - 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/