I wrote of hangs reading various /proc/<pid>/files after a Mozilla
crash.
Manfred Spraul replied:
>
> Could you check if mozilla was in the middle of a coredump? There is a
> deadlock in the coredump handler, perhaps mozilla triggered it.
> Could you search for a recent coredump file?
>
Yes, I found a matching core dump (core.8770).
Is there any other information I can help with?
What is the status of the deadlock problem - has it been fixed in the
latest kernel?
> Or check if PF_DUMPCORE is set in tsk->flags. (Probably difficult
> without access to /proc/n/stat)
/Erland
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