Re: high load but idle CPU
On Wed, 26 May 1999, Max wrote:
> * George Bonser <grep@shorelink.com> [05/26/99 18:59] wrote:
> > Do a ps -ax and see how many processes you have stuck in D state ;). Then
> > go and get 2.2.9
>
> Yup, that explains it! I have 5 sxid processes in D state.
> Hmmm....could it have something to do with the fact that I installed
> arla 5 days ago and sxid is trying to traverse the entire AFS tree? :)
> I guess I'll have to wait till the next reboot to clear these D
> processes out. In the meantime, editing sxid.conf is a good idea. :)
Any process involved with heavy net activity in an SMP system with 2.2.3
will do this. I had problems with web servers doing it. 2.2.9 seems OK.
2.2.6/7 were disasters. 2.2.5 seemed to work, though.
George Bonser
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