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
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