Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 09 May 2002 12:39:15 -0500 | From | Andrew Theurer <> | Subject | Re: kill task in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE |
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Denis Vlasenko wrote: > > On 8 May 2002 21:27, george anzinger wrote: > > > > > Is there any way i can kill a task in > > > > > TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state ? > > > > No. Everytime you see hung task in this state > > > > you see kernel bug. > > > > Somebody correct me if I am wrong. > > > > > > Except for processes accessing NFS files while the NFS server is down: > > > they will be stuck in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE until the NFS server comes > > > back up again. > > > > A REALLY good argument for puting timeouts on your NSF mounts! Don't > > leave home without them. > > Timeouts may be a bad idea: imagine large (LARGE) database > which you don't want to repair due to lost data over NFS. > Better let it hang in NFS i/o even for hours while you are > repairing your network.
I'm not sure using an NFS mount for a big important DB would be prudent in the first place. I dunno, maybe there are situations where it's unavoidable. I just really cringe when hearing about DB volumes over NFS.
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