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Date:	Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:56:57 +0800
From:	Cyberman Wu <cypher.w@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Using ps to display process information never exit, and can't be killed

Sorry to use that big mail list account since I don't know any
specific mail list account should be used for that problem.

We're running Linux box on Gx platform from Tilera. The kernel use
some vendor specific patches, but most of them
are the same as standard kernel.

We encounter a problem occasionally, that I'm trying to resolve it.
But while I used 'ps' to get process information,
the new launched ps print out nothing and can't exit, ^C doesn't work.
I find out its pid under /proc, and it's in RUNNING
state:
# cat status
Name:   ps
State:  R (running)
Tgid:   1298
Pid:    1298
PPid:   1
TracerPid:      0
Uid:    0       0       0       0
Gid:    0       0       0       0
FDSize: 64
Groups: 0 1 2 3 4 6 10 489
VmPeak:     3776 kB
VmSize:     3712 kB
VmLck:         0 kB
VmHWM:      2624 kB
VmRSS:      2624 kB
VmData:      832 kB
VmStk:       256 kB
VmExe:       192 kB
VmLib:      2176 kB
VmPTE:         6 kB
VmSwap:        0 kB
Threads:        1
SigQ:   7/8113
SigPnd: 0000000000000100
ShdPnd: 00000000000a0103
SigBlk: 0000000000000000
SigIgn: 0000000000000004
SigCgt: 0000000073d3fef9
CapInh: 0000000000000000
CapPrm: ffffffffffffffff
CapEff: ffffffffffffffff
CapBnd: ffffffffffffffff
Cpus_allowed:   f,ffffffff
Cpus_allowed_list:      0-35
Mems_allowed:   3
Mems_allowed_list:      0-1
voluntary_ctxt_switches:        1
nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches:     0

And it can't be killed even using SIGKILL.

Since it's under *RUNNING* status, its stack can't be dumped. Is there
any exist mechanism can be used to
get it stack, or other information, to help me figure out what's the
cause of ps pend on *RUNNING*?


System information:
# uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.38.8-MDE-4.0.0.141101 #7 SMP Fri Sep 28 21:46:08
CST 2012 tilegx GNU/Linux



Best regards.

-- 
Cyberman Wu
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