Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932512AbWCWCC5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:02:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932515AbWCWCC5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:02:57 -0500 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:15850 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932512AbWCWCC4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:02:56 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:59:20 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Mark Hindley Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6.16] Multiple cron hang in fork Message-Id: <20060322175920.4d9b4a5b.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20060322135840.GA12458@hindley.uklinux.net> References: <20060322135840.GA12458@hindley.uklinux.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 610 Lines: 18 Mark Hindley wrote: > > I have jut upgraded an Asus Aspire 1350 from 2.6.15.5 to 2.6.16 and I am > getting all the cron processes stuck in fork(). loadavg up to 20 and > rising! No problems with 2.6.15.x. Kernel upgrade is the only change Please do dmesg -c echo t > /proc/sysrq-trigger dmesg -c -s 1000000 > foo and send foo, thanks. - 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/