Re: PATCH [PPC64]: dead processes never reaped

2005-04-19 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 14:38 -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote: > > Hi, > > The patch below appears to fix a problem where a number of dead processes > linger on the system. On a highly loaded system, dozens of processes > were found stuck in do_exit(), calling thier very last schedule(), and > then be

Re: PATCH [PPC64]: dead processes never reaped

2005-04-19 Thread Linas Vepstas
On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 11:01:25AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt was heard to remark: > On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 14:38 -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > The patch below appears to fix a problem where a number of dead processes > > linger on the system. On a highly loaded system, doze

Re: PATCH [PPC64]: dead processes never reaped

2005-04-19 Thread Linas Vepstas
On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 11:07:01AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt was heard to remark: > On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 14:38 -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > The patch below appears to fix a problem where a number of dead processes > > linger on the system. On a highly loaded system, doze

Re: PATCH [PPC64]: dead processes never reaped

2005-04-18 Thread Nick Piggin
On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 11:07 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 14:38 -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > The patch below appears to fix a problem where a number of dead processes > > linger on the system. On a highly loaded system, dozens of processes > > w

Re: PATCH [PPC64]: dead processes never reaped

2005-04-18 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 14:38 -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote: > > Hi, > > The patch below appears to fix a problem where a number of dead processes > linger on the system. On a highly loaded system, dozens of processes > were found stuck in do_exit(), calling thier very last schedule(), and > then be

Re: PATCH [PPC64]: dead processes never reaped

2005-04-18 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 14:38 -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote: > > Hi, > > The patch below appears to fix a problem where a number of dead processes > linger on the system. On a highly loaded system, dozens of processes > were found stuck in do_exit(), calling thier very last schedule(), and > then be

PATCH [PPC64]: dead processes never reaped

2005-04-18 Thread Linas Vepstas
Hi, The patch below appears to fix a problem where a number of dead processes linger on the system. On a highly loaded system, dozens of processes were found stuck in do_exit(), calling thier very last schedule(), and then being lost forever. Processes that are PF_DEAD are cleaned up *after