Re: uninterruptible sleep lockups

[Horst von Brand]

Anthony DiSante <theant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> linux-os wrote:
> > There has been some discussion that these hung
> > states could be "fixed", but that's absolutely
> > positively incorrect.

> That's one of the things I asked a few messages ago.  Some people on the 
> list were saying that it'd be "really hard" and would "require a lot of 
> bookkeeping" to "fix" permanently-D-stated processes... which is completely 
> different than "impossible."

Most people here have little clue. It can't be done.
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