Bug#429394: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686-bigmem: STIME of ps output for a process is not constant
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 10:11:54PM +0300, Harhalakis Stefanos wrote:
> 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
Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions?
If you're running Etch, could you try to reproduce this bug
with the 2.6.24 based kernel added in 4.0r4?
http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-2.6.24.html
Cheers,
Moritz
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