Re: Processes stuck in unkillable D state (2.4 and 2.6)\

From: Marcelo Tosatti
Date: Sun Jul 04 2004 - 20:04:17 EST


On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 02:39:36PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 12:51:02PM -0400, Chris Mason wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 10:58, Rob Mueller wrote:
> > > > Hi, could you please post the full sysrq-t output?
> > >
> > > Sure. The 2 procs stuck in D state were 5873 and 15071.
> >
> > Well, you've got two procs waiting for pages but it isn't entirely clear
> > why they aren't getting them. There have been quite a few fixes in this
> > area since 2.6.4, how hard is it for you to upgrade?
>
> Chris,
>
> However the said should not be present in v2.4, right?

Ugh, I meant, "however said bug (which affects v2.6.4-earlier) did not
exist in v2.4", so, what would be causing the eternal "D" processes on v2.4 ?

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