Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 4 Sep 2001 21:31:16 +0200 (CEST) | From | Pau Aliagas <> | Subject | Re: help!! tons of Z processes in 2.4.x (x > 3) |
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On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Since 2.4.6-ac[45] until 2.4.9-ac7 I keep on getting processes in Z > > state, mainly identd (spawned from an identd daemon), galeon (the gnome > > browser) and mysqld. > > Sounds like user mode problems to me. Z is a zombie - its waiting for its > parent to wake up and collect its exit code. Look at their ppid see what > the parent is and is doing
(only relevant parts included) $ ps -eo pid,stat,pcpu,nwchan,wchan=WIDE-WCHAN-COLUMN -o args
2051 S 0.0 140d0c do_poll \_ /usr/bin/galeon-bin 2052 S 0.0 140d0c do_poll \_ /usr/bin/galeon-bin 2053 S 0.0 105e8b rt_sigsuspend \_ /usr/bin/galeon-bin 2318 Z 0.0 11872e do_exit \_ [galeon-bin <defunct>] 2319 Z 0.0 11872e do_exit \_ [galeon-bin <defunct>] 2320 Z 0.0 11872e do_exit \_ [galeon-bin <defunct>] 2331 Z 0.0 11872e do_exit \_ [galeon-bin <defunct>]
2087 S 0.0 118af1 wait4 /bin/sh /usr/bin/safe_mysqld 2114 S 0.0 1406c6 do_select \_ /usr/libexec/mysqld 2116 S 0.0 140d0c do_poll \_ /usr/libexec/mysqld 2117 S 0.0 105e8b rt_sigsuspend \_ /usr/libexec/mysqld 2118 S 0.0 105e8b rt_sigsuspend \_ /usr/libexec/mysqld 2124 Z 0.0 11872e do_exit \_ [mysqld <defunct>] 2174 S 0.0 1d1ed8 tcp_data_wait \_ /usr/libexec/mysqld 2308 S 0.0 1f2e1c unix_stream_data_ \_ /usr/libexec/mysqld
It looks like they don't exit gracefully :(
> Yep - it doesnt really exist except as a process slot
> > If I run the redhat-7.1 kernel (kernel-2.4.3-12) this doesn't > > happen, so I deduce it has something to do with recent changes. > > I'm surprised that I'm the only one with this problem. > > So far you are
In fact I've noticed that it also happens with rh71 kernel rpm.
Pau
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