Messages in this thread | | | From | "Manfred Spraul" <> | Subject | Re: 8139too: defunct threads | Date | Sat, 14 Apr 2001 16:00:25 +0200 |
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>> Ah. Of course. All (or most) kernel initialisation is >> done by PID 1. Search for "kernel_thread" in init/main.c >> >> So it seems that in your setup, process 1 is not reaping >> children, which is why this hasn't been reported before. >> Is there something unusual about your setup?
> I found the difference which causes this. If I build my kernel with > IP_PNP (IP: kernel level autoconfiguration) support I get a defunt > thread for each 8139too device. If I don't build with IP_PNP > support I don't get any, defunct ethernet threads.
Does init(8) reap children that died before it was spawned? I assume that the defunct tasks were there _before_ init was spawned.
Perhaps init() [in linux/init/main.c] should reap all defunct tasks before the execve("/sbin/init").
I've attached an untested patch, could you try it?
-- Manfred
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