Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:00:44 -0500 | From | Bob McElrath <> | Subject | Re: Alpha "process table hang" |
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Peter Rival [frival@zk3.dec.com] wrote: > You wouldn't happen to have khttpd loaded as a module, would you? I've seen > this type of problem caused by that before...
Nope...
> > - Pete > > Bob McElrath wrote: > > > I've been experiencing a particular kind of hang for many versions > > (since 2.3.99 days, recently seen with 2.4.1, 2.4.2, and 2.4.2-ac4) on > > the alpha architecture. The symptom is that any program that tries to > > access the process table will hang. (ps, w, top) The hang will go away > > by itself after ~10minutes - 1 hour or so. When it hangs I run ps and > > see that it gets halfway through the process list and hangs. The > > process that comes next in the list (after hang goes away) almost always > > has nonsensical memory numbers, like multi-gigabyte SIZE. > > > > Linux draal.physics.wisc.edu 2.3.99-pre5 #8 Sun Apr 23 16:21:48 CDT 2000 > > alpha unknown > > > > Gnu C 2.96 > > Gnu make 3.78.1 > > binutils 2.10.0.18 > > util-linux 2.11a > > modutils 2.4.5 > > e2fsprogs 1.18 > > PPP 2.3.11 > > Linux C Library 2.2.1 > > Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.1 > > Procps 2.0.7 > > Net-tools 1.54 > > Kbd 0.94 > > Sh-utils 2.0 > > Modules Loaded nfsd lockd sunrpc af_packet msdos fat pas2 sound > > soundcore > > > > Has anyone else seen this? Is there a fix? > > > > -- Bob > > > > Bob McElrath (rsmcelrath@students.wisc.edu) > > Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Physics > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature -- Bob
Bob McElrath (rsmcelrath@students.wisc.edu) Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Physics [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |