Re: Processes hanging in D state in 2.4.3 - any findings?

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Mon Apr 09 2001 - 14:59:25 EST


> I have seen several messages posted to l-k about people reporting
> processes (mozilla most of the time) hanging in the D state in 2.4.3,
> but I haven't seen someone posting a possible explanation or solution
> to the problem.
> Anyone knows where does the problem lie, or a workaround for the
> problem? I hate going through the fsck that happens when umount fails
> because processes are in the D state...

2.2.19 or wait for 2.4.4pre soon to fix the semaphore problem that causes
this
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