I've tested this on Precise by running the attached script. With the old package version (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.1) this caused top to crash after about 90 minutes. With the new package version (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.3), it's been running without incident for the last 24 hours.
Note, that as we're dealing with a race between top reading the contents of proc and processes being spawned/destroyed, it's tricky to reproduce in a controlled manner, so I went for the brute-force approach. Nothing else appears untoward with the new version. ** Attachment added: "Testscript for this issue" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/1242746/+attachment/3895695/+files/1242746-test.sh ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1242746 Title: SIGSEGV when file2str reads zero bytes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/1242746/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
