Re: kernel 2.0.30 hangs with looped affs

Ingo Molnar (mingo@pc7537.hil.siemens.at)
Thu, 16 Oct 1997 13:08:23 +0100 (MET)


On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, Tuukka Toivonen wrote:

> I found a 100% repeatable way to hang kernel 2.0.30 and affs (Amiga Fast
> Filesystem).

> It uses memory, but no CPU time (so it isn't looping). Bug in mount? No,
> because kill -9 <mount-PID> doesn't kill it. It isn't zombie either.

what does the 'WCHAN' field in 'ps -lax' show for those 'hanging'
processes, in which function is the kernel looping?

-- mingo