Re: Bug? 2.2.12

Min-Ken Lai (ml267@workstation.mc.yale.edu)
Mon, 11 Oct 1999 18:56:47 -0400 (EDT)


SORRY, WRONG LINE for `ps ux` output... it should be this one:

ml267 290 0.1 0.0 5128 0 ? DW Oct10 2:18 [enlightenment]

(boy, do I feel like an idiot...)

On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Min-Ken Lai wrote:

> [PLEASE CC me]
>
> I have a zombie on my system that won't die with 'kill -9'...
>
> Extract from 'ps ux' output:
>
> ml267 24078 0.6 6.8 4304 2120 pts/1 S 18:06 0:08 [enlightenment]
>
> Extract from 'ps xlwww' output:
>
> 000 1000 290 1 0 0 5128 0 down_f DW ? 2:18 [enlightenment]
>
> I've been told that "down_f" is a semaphore, and the problem is in the
> kernel, not enlightenment, so I thought I'd report it here.
>
> My system is still running at this point, and I'd gladly send some sort of
> core dump to be analyzed, if someone would tell me how.
>
> If it's too minor to be bothered with, let me know too, and I'll just
> reboot to regain my resources from the zombie. (Tears well up in my eyes
> as I think about losing my 21 day uptime...)
>
> Also, I wonder why a zombie takes up CPU time?

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