Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: hanging in wait_for_tcp_memory | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:42:28 +0100 |
| |
On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 13:33, Gerald Krafft wrote: > I have some database processes (Interbase V6) that occasionally seem to > hang. Using ps or top I found that they are waiting in > wait_for_tcp_memory. What exactly does wait_for_tcp_memory do and under > which circumstances does this function block? > I'm using Red Hat Linux 7.2, kernel version 2.4.7-10smp on a dual > processor machine. Were there any known problems with > wait_for_tcp_memory in that kernel version that might have been fixed in > later versions
2.4.7-10 had a really really bad vm, so we replaced it with another kernel the day of 7.2 release (which also was needed for security fixes). Sounds like you need to apply a bunch of (security) errata to get your system performing better... [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |