On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:44:32 -0500, Anthony DiSante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > See the thread rooted here: > > > > Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 07:51:39 -0500 > > From: Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: is killing zombies possible w/o a reboot? > > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Also, one of the things mentioned in that thread is that whenever a driver > is waiting on I/O from a piece of hardware, there should always be some > timeout code. Is that the root of the permanent D state? Is it always a > process waiting on a piece of hardware that should be eventually timing out, > except the timeout code isn't there?
If you would like to file a bugzilla bug (or reference one if you already have) -- http://bugzilla.kernel.org -- it would be easier to track the problems. It would be good to get some idea of what hardware is running (and thus what drivers) to debug further. Thanks, Nish - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
