Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: unkillable process | From | Johan Kullstam <> | Date | 14 Oct 2004 08:26:08 -0400 |
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Albert Cahalan <albert@users.sf.net> writes:
> It's really bad when a task group leader exits. > The process becomes unkillable.
I have been having zombie problems since 2.6.9-rc1. I run a boinc climateprediction program (related to seti@home) which leaves defunct "cp" processes about. Killing the climatepredictor (called hadsm3um_4.03_i686-pc-linux-gnu) which spawns them causes these zombie cp things to get reaped.
> This is with the 2.6.8-rc1 kernel. I haven't seen > any mention of this getting fixed since then. > Here's the top of the /proc/*/status file:
I tried it with 2.6.9-rc3 just now and it doesn't make zombies for me.
climateprediction still makes defunct cp.
(I fired up 2.6.9-rc4 but it somehow wouldn't load the driver for my ethernet 3c59x. That's another issue, but I have no idea if the problem has been fixed there since I am stopped by another problem.)
I skimmed over the changelogs but I have found anything looking like a change in this area. I am not sure what the right keyword(s) to search for on this topic would be. I didn't grovel through them yet, but perhaps someone on the list knows what is going on.
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