Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: help!! tons of Z processes in 2.4.x (x > 3) | Date | Tue, 4 Sep 2001 20:23:12 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> 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
> An strace to the process ends immediately with the following message: > # strace -p 3697 > attach: ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, ...): Operation not permitted > It doesn't matter wheater I'm root or not.
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=A1'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
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