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Message-Id: <1201819559.2965.2.camel@Anastacia> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:45:59 +0100 From: Frederik Himpe <fhimpe@...enet.be> To: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, stable@...nel.org, Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.24 regression: pan hanging unkilleable and un-straceable 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@...enet.be> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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