Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.24 regression: pan hanging unkilleable and un-straceable | From | Frederik Himpe <> | Date | Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:45:59 +0100 |
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On ma, 2008-01-28 at 12:46 +1100, Nick Piggin wrote: > On Sunday 27 January 2008 00:29, Frederik Himpe wrote: > > On di, 2008-01-22 at 16:25 +1100, Nick Piggin wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday 22 January 2008 07:58, Frederik Himpe wrote: > > > > > > With Linux 2.6.24-rc8 I often have the problem that the pan usenet > > > > > > reader starts using 100% of CPU time after some time. When this > > > > > > happens, kill -9 does not work, and strace just hangs when trying > > > > > > to attach to the process. The same with gdb. ps shows the process > > > > > > as being in the R state.
> Well after trying a lot of writev combinations, I've reproduced a hang > *hangs head*. > > Does this help?
Just to confirm: in four days of testing, I haven't seen the problem anymore, so it looks like this was indeed the right fix.
Thanks!
-- Frederik Himpe <fhimpe@telenet.be>
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