Messages in this thread | | | From | (Måns Rullgård) | Subject | Re: [PATCH]O18.1int | Date | Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:17:16 +0200 |
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Alex Riesen <alexander.riesen@synopsys.COM> writes:
>> XEmacs still spins after running a background job like make or grep. >> It's fine if I reverse patch-O16.2-O16.3. The spinning doesn't happen >> as often, or as long time as with O16.3, but it's there and it's >> irritating. > > another example is RXVT (an X terminal emulator). Starts spinnig after > it's child has exited. Not always, but annoyingly often. System is > almost locked while it spins (calling select).
It sounds like the same bug. IMHO, it's rather bad, since a non-privileged process can make the system unusable for a non-zero amount of time.
How should I do to capture some information about this thing? Do you know what causes it, Con?
-- Måns Rullgård mru@users.sf.net
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