Bug#292856: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686: unkillable process
On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 03:06:43PM +0000, Greg Kochanski wrote:
> Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686
> Version: 2.6.8-12
> Severity: normal
>
>
> A process hung, and was not killable, even with kill -9.
>
> The process was started as
> find . -name '#cvs*'
>
> Here's an attempt to kill it:
It is probably not killable because it is probably stuck in the kernel
waiting for IO for some reason. Could you please examine dmsg to
see if there is anything useful there. Perhaps it is trying to
access an nfs partition that is unavailable, or some hardware that
has errors.
If you run the same command on the command line, possibly through
strace, it might shed some light on just where in the filesystem it is
getting stuck.
--
Horms
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