linux-kernel - Bogus process accounting in 2.6.27-rc5?

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Message-ID: <888717.44345.qm@web32605.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:07:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Martin Knoblauch <knobi@...bisoft.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Bogus process accounting in 2.6.27-rc5?

Hi,

 just saw this one for the first time. Don't think it is easily reproducible. Anything to worry about?

[root@...dm52 build]# ps axl | grep pdflush
1     0  8221     2  20   0     0    0 conges D    ?          0:01 [pdflush]
1     0 15178     2  20   0     0    0 conges D    ?          0:03 [pdflush]
1     0 30843     2  20   0     0    0 conges D    ?          0:00 [pdflush]
1     0 30844     2  20   0     0    0 conges D    ?          0:00 [pdflush]
1     0 30845     2  20   0     0    0 conges D    ?          0:00 [pdflush]
1     0 30852     2  20   0     0    0 conges D    ?          0:00 [pdflush]
1     0 30853     2  20   0     0    0 conges D    ?        21133795:39 [pdflush]
1     0 30854     2  20   0     0    0 conges D    ?          0:00 [pdflush]

 And yes, rc5 is stone-age, I know.

Cheers

Martin 
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Martin Knoblauch
email: k n o b i AT knobisoft DOT de
www:   http://www.knobisoft.de

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