[parisc-linux] Uninterruptible sleep

[Randolph Chung]

John David Anglin wrote:
>   PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
> 
>   17958 dave      16   0     0    0    0 D  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 Process_5.exe
>   18055 dave      15   0     0    0    0 D  0.0  0.0   0:00.02 Process_6.exe
> 
> Anybody got any ideas how processes can end up sleeping forever?  The
> above two processes have been sleeping for more than a day.  This is
> a 32-bit kernel 2.6.17-rc3-pa3.

can you try doing a sysrq-t and see where they are stuck? This is most
easily done on a serial console by sending a break, and then 't'. If you
are telneting to a GSP console you can escape out to the telnet prompt
and type "send break".

randolph
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Randolph Chung
Debian GNU/Linux Developer, hppa/ia64 ports
http://www.tausq.org/