Rod Stewart wrote:
>
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Rod Stewart wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Using the 8139too driver, 0.9.15c, we have noticed that we get a defunct
> > > thread for each device we have; if the driver is built into the kernel.
> > > If the driver is built as a module, no defunct threads appear.
> >
> > What is the parent PID for the defunct tasks? zero?
>
> According to ps, 1
Ah. Of course. All (or most) kernel initialisation is
done by PID 1. Search for "kernel_thread" in init/main.c
So it seems that in your setup, process 1 is not reaping
children, which is why this hasn't been reported before.
Is there something unusual about your setup?
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