On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 09:25:29AM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Processes should never spend too much time in the "D" state. The very > fact that certain activities mean you are almost guaranteed to see > processes in the "D" state means there are bugs in the kernel.
Why do you think so? D means that a process is holding a lock. Do you mean "bugs" in the sense of "long lock holding times"? Cheers, Muli -- Muli Ben-Yehuda http://www.mulix.org | http://mulix.livejournal.com/
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