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    SubjectRe: 2.6.17-mm one process gets stuck in infinite loop in the kernel.
    I have seen this both with mm2, m33 and mm4.
    Suddenly, the load meter jumps.
    Using ps & top, I see one process using 100% cpu.
    This is always a process that was exiting, this tend to happen
    when I close applications, or doing debian upgrades which
    runs lots of short-lived processes.

    I believe it is running in the kernel, ps lists it with stat "RN"
    and it cannot be killed, not even with kill -9 from root.

    Something wrong with process termination?



    The machine is still useable, although with less power.
    renicing the unkillable cpu hog seems to help. I have not
    yet seen more than one process end up like this.

    Helge Hafting
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