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Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:23:50 +0000
From: "Duane Griffin" <duaneg@dghda.com>
To: "Timo Sirainen" <tss@iki.fi>
Subject: Re: Unkillable gdb process gets system unusably slow
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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On 23/11/2007, Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi> wrote:
> Fully reproducible with me. v2.6.23.1 x86-64 SMP kernel, Core 2 CPU, gdb
> v6.6.90.20070912-debian.

Fixed in 2.6.23.2, see discussion starting here:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119379156819358&w=2

> gdb ./hang
> run
> fr 1
> p (char*)base
>
> p command hangs and the entire system becomes unusably slow. kill -9
> doesn't kill gdb.
>
> /* gcc hang.c -o hang -g -Wall */
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <string.h>
> #include <fcntl.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
> #include <sys/mman.h>
>
> int main(void)
> {
>         int fd;
>         char buf[100];
>         void *base;
>
>         fd = open("hang.tmp", O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0600);
>         if (fd == -1) perror("open");
>
>         base = mmap(NULL, 100, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
>         if (base == MAP_FAILED)
>                 perror("mmap");
>         memcpy(buf, base, sizeof(buf));
>         return 0;
> }

Cheers,
Duane.

-- 
"I never could learn to drink that blood and call it wine" - Bob Dylan
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