Bug#433187: unkillable dpkg-query processes

[Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de>]

I think things got worse with 2.6.24...
The machine shoots itself now, I guess by running cron jobs or so.

[29074.766486] TSTATE: 0000000011009600 TPC: 000000000042f984 TNPC: 000000000042f928 Y: 00000000    Not tainted
[29074.884191] TPC: <sched_clock+0x0/0x30>
[29074.929988] g0: 0000000000000000 g1: 00000000004417ec g2: 00000000aaaaaaaa g3: 0000000055555555
[29075.034163] g4: fffff8a00493a4e0 g5: fffff89fff97c000 g6: fffff8a006c64000 g7: 0000000000000000
[29075.138329] o0: 0000000000000000 o1: fffff8a006c67968 o2: 0000000000000008 o3: 0000000000000001
[29075.242493] o4: 0000000000003385 o5: 0000000000000000 sp: fffff8a006c67011 ret_pc: 000000000042f980
[29075.350830] RPC: <udelay+0x18/0x1c>
[29075.392482] l0: 0000000000000020 l1: 0000000000000000 l2: 0000000000000096 l3: 0000000000000000
[29075.496658] l4: 0000000000000200 l5: 00000001c5569e6c l6: 00000006c390404c l7: 6204052f31ec823e
[29075.600824] i0: 000000000044d100 i1: 000000b0fcc2c000 i2: 0000000000000000 i3: 0000000000000000
[29075.704989] i4: 0000000000400000 i5: 00000000007a0578 i6: fffff8a006c670d1 i7: 00000000004420d8
[29075.809161] I7: <flush_dcache_page_all+0x16c/0x1c0>
[29075.867493] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 11s! [sh:4253]
[29075.936259] TSTATE: 0000000011009600 TPC: 00000000004417a8 TNPC: 00000000004417ac Y: 00000000    Not tainted
[29076.053980] TPC: <cheetah_xcall_deliver+0x17c/0x23c>
[29076.113311] g0: 0000000000000000 g1: 0000000000000000 g2: ffffffffffffffff g3: 0000000055555555
[29076.217483] g4: fffff8a0048f9260 g5: fffff89fff98c000 g6: fffff8a006c70000 g7: 0000000000000000
[29076.321648] o0: 0000000000000020 o1: fffff8a006c73968 o2: 0000000000000002 o3: 0000000000000001
[29076.425816] o4: 000000000000781b o5: 0000000000000000 sp: fffff8a006c73011 ret_pc: 00000000004416a0
[29076.534150] RPC: <cheetah_xcall_deliver+0x74/0x23c>
[29076.592471] l0: 0000000000000008 l1: 0000000000000000 l2: 0000000000000096 l3: 0000000000000000
[29076.696645] l4: 0000000000000200 l5: 00000001c5569e6c l6: 00000006c3904054 l7: 7e645445948ed154
[29076.800811] i0: 000000000044d100 i1: 000000b0fcf80000 i2: 0000000000000000 i3: 0000000000000000
[29076.904977] i4: 0000000000400000 i5: 00000000007a0578 i6: fffff8a006c730d1 i7: 00000000004420d8
[29077.009144] I7: <flush_dcache_page_all+0x16c/0x1c0>

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Bernd Zeimetz
<bernd@bzed.de>                         <http://bzed.de/>