linux-kernel - Re: How to diagnose a process stuck in D state?

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Message-ID: <75b66ecd0802221631w624f6d33ked903c176f7d076d@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:31:12 -0500
From:	"Lee Revell" <rlrevell@...-job.com>
To:	"Stephen Oberholtzer" <oliverklozoff@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to diagnose a process stuck in D state?

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Stephen Oberholtzer
<oliverklozoff@...il.com> wrote:
> First off: I'm not subscribed to the list (I don't think I could
>  handle the volume), so please make sure you CC me if you reply.
>
>  I run an application on one of my machines; it often hangs, with the
>  process stuck D state.  When this happens, the process sticks around
>  until I reboot the machine.
>

Run "dmesg".  Often when this happens you'll find that the kernel has Oopsed.

Lee
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