> We have seen processes get "stuck" on our SPARC boxes. They are running
> the Red Hat 4.2 hacked 2.0.30 kernel. A process appears to hang - cannot
> be killed etc, the load average increases by one per stuck process until
> reboot.
>
> No idea what else this is related to...
use ps -axl, and look at the 'WCHAN' field. What kernel address is
displayed in that field? If it's a hex address, check out your System.map.
this symbol should tell alot about the problem area.
-- mingo