Re: Zombies (defunct processes) with kernel 2.4.18
On 2004-04-15 09:29:47 +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> So better get a tree-like diagram of your processes (ps axf) and look
> for your zombie's parents. Kill those.
No, the parents are legimate processes (mozilla and ogg123). They
just fork (or start a new thread). With mozilla, you can see a
process tree here:
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=237479
> Of course, bugs in the kernel's signal code could force the parent
> to not recognize it's child's exit, thus the child would become a
> zombie...
The problem occurs here with kernel 2.4.18 (and is 100% reproducible),
but I didn't notice it with kernel 2.4.25. That's why I'm thinking it
is a kernel problem, but this may be a coincidence.
I'd like to know if I should report a bug against the 2.4.18 kernel
image or if I should reopen bug 235538 (/usr/bin/ogg123: ogg123
leaves zombies when playing several files) that I probably closed
too early.
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