Bug#429394: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686-bigmem: STIME of ps output for a process is not constant
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686-bigmem
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2
Severity: normal
STIME of a process jumps back and forward:
Look at this output:
# ps -afe |grep spamd
root 28063 1 0 21:55 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/spamd
--max-children 30 --username=spamd -i -A 195.251.123.232 -x -d
--pidfile=/var/run/spamd.pid
spamd 28080 28063 0 21:55 ? 00:00:00 spamd child
spamd 28081 28063 0 21:55 ? 00:00:00 spamd child
root 28206 27204 0 21:56 pts/1 00:00:00 grep spamd
# ps -afe |grep spamd
root 28063 1 0 21:55 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/spamd
--max-children 30 --username=spamd -i -A 195.251.123.232 -x -d
--pidfile=/var/run/spamd.pid
spamd 28080 28063 0 21:56 ? 00:00:00 spamd child
spamd 28081 28063 0 21:56 ? 00:00:00 spamd child
root 28215 27204 0 21:56 pts/1 00:00:00 grep spamd
# ps -afe |grep spamd
root 28063 1 0 21:55 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/spamd
--max-children 30 --username=spamd -i -A 195.251.123.232 -x -d
--pidfile=/var/run/spamd.pid
spamd 28080 28063 0 21:55 ? 00:00:00 spamd child
spamd 28081 28063 0 21:55 ? 00:00:00 spamd child
root 28224 27204 0 21:56 pts/1 00:00:00 grep spamd
hydra# ps -afe |grep spamd
root 28063 1 0 21:55 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/spamd
--max-children 30 --username=spamd -i -A 195.251.123.232 -x -d
--pidfile=/var/run/spamd.pid
spamd 28080 28063 0 21:56 ? 00:00:00 spamd child
spamd 28081 28063 0 21:56 ? 00:00:00 spamd child
root 28445 27204 0 21:59 pts/1 00:00:00 grep spamd
hydra# ps -afe |grep spamd
root 28063 1 0 21:55 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/spamd
--max-children 30 --username=spamd -i -A 195.251.123.232 -x -d
--pidfile=/var/run/spamd.pid
spamd 28080 28063 0 21:56 ? 00:00:00 spamd child
spamd 28081 28063 0 21:56 ? 00:00:00 spamd child
root 28447 27204 0 21:59 pts/1 00:00:00 grep spamd
hydra# ps -afe |grep spamd
root 28063 1 0 21:55 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/spamd
--max-children 30 --username=spamd -i -A 195.251.123.232 -x -d
--pidfile=/var/run/spamd.pid
spamd 28080 28063 0 21:55 ? 00:00:00 spamd child
spamd 28081 28063 0 21:55 ? 00:00:00 spamd child
root 28449 27204 0 21:59 pts/1 00:00:00 grep spamd
As you can see from the 'grep' pid, all of them are one after another. Watch
the STIME of spamd processes. Some times it says 21:55 and others 21:56.
Other processes don't do this.
Hardware is:
IBM X-Series
2 Xeon 3.6GHz with hyperthreading enabled
4GB of memory
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686-bigmem
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-4-686-bigmem depends on:
ii coreutils 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.85g tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre4-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-4-686-bigmem recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
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