Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 15 Nov 1998 04:29:49 -0800 (PST) | From | Simon Kirby <> | Subject | Re: new processes very slow on otherwise responsive system (2.1.127 and 128) |
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On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Simon Kirby wrote:
> I just tried 2.1.129pre1 + arca-19 (less the lp stuff that got rejected), > and I was able to replicate this problem with the kernel compiled to UP. > It just happened 30 seconds ago, actually, and lasted for about 3 minutes. > During this time, I filled every console I have with current IP values, > which I will be looking at shortly to see if I can see where the loop is. > > BTW...I triggered this with: > > find usr -type f -print | tmp/fork-test 2 > > ("fork-test" posted on linux-kernel not so long ago) > > And it started to freeze up shortly after 11800 children. > > I will send another email if/when I can figure out what is happening.
Not much luck. It's looping not very tightly through schedule() over and over again. It seems like some timer-triggered problem as when I add printk()s, I can't replicate the problem. May be related to why it doesn't happen with SMP kernels, too.
Hmm. :)
Simon-
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