Re: unexplained high load

2001-01-10 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > 91 processes, only 1 running (think top) 1 Running Process -> Load 1.0... no? Gruss Bernd - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/

Re: unexplained high load

2001-01-10 Thread Bob Lorenzini
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Hacksaw wrote: > Ahh, a D state. > > D means disk wait, which the only thing that can postpone a -9. Basic, the > process is stuck in a loop inside a routine that needs to be atomic. > > You'll have to reboot to clear it. I believe this is a kernel bug. Try going > back t

Re: unexplained high load

2001-01-10 Thread kernel
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Hacksaw wrote: > > .nfs00ca40250006 > > > > so i think there is some lock from the nfs server or client > > > > will try to restart nfs client > > and see if this fixes it. > > > > Most likely you will have to restart the nfs server on the other side as well, >

Re: unexplained high load

2001-01-10 Thread kernel
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > so i think there is some lock from the nfs server or client > > will try to restart nfs client > and see if this fixes it. didn't fix it (file is gone now) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a mes

Re: unexplained high load

2001-01-10 Thread Hacksaw
> .nfs00ca40250006 > > so i think there is some lock from the nfs server or client > > will try to restart nfs client > and see if this fixes it. > Most likely you will have to restart the nfs server on the other side as well, but it's worth a try. Tripwire watches the checksum o

Re: unexplained high load

2001-01-10 Thread kernel
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, David S. Miller wrote: >Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 16:36:14 -0500 >From: Hacksaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >You'll have to reboot to clear it. I believe this is a kernel >bug. Try going back to 2.2.14, or maybe up to 2.2.19pre2. > > He needs to go up if anything.

Re: unexplained high load

2001-01-10 Thread kernel
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Hacksaw wrote: > Ahh, a D state. > > D means disk wait, which the only thing that can postpone a -9. Basic, the > process is stuck in a loop inside a routine that needs to be atomic. looked at the dir created with the last ftp login and found : .nfs00ca40250006

Re: unexplained high load

2001-01-10 Thread kernel
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Hacksaw wrote: > >don't think > >w,uptime,top give the same value > > The fact that they all give the same value does not indicate that you have not > been cracked. Obviously, part of the hacking is to cover trails; it'd be a > pretty poor job if they reported different value

Re: unexplained high load

2001-01-10 Thread David S. Miller
Date:Wed, 10 Jan 2001 16:36:14 -0500 From: Hacksaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You'll have to reboot to clear it. I believe this is a kernel bug. Try going back to 2.2.14, or maybe up to 2.2.19pre2. He needs to go up if anything. His sparc64 OOPS had strings in the kernel stack, whi

Re: unexplained high load

2001-01-10 Thread Hacksaw
Ahh, a D state. D means disk wait, which the only thing that can postpone a -9. Basic, the process is stuck in a loop inside a routine that needs to be atomic. You'll have to reboot to clear it. I believe this is a kernel bug. Try going back to 2.2.14, or maybe up to 2.2.19pre2. - To unsubsc

Re: unexplained high load

2001-01-10 Thread Hacksaw
>don't think >w,uptime,top give the same value The fact that they all give the same value does not indicate that you have not been cracked. Obviously, part of the hacking is to cover trails; it'd be a pretty poor job if they reported different values. The mm stuff from your other message is, I

Re: unexplained high load

2001-01-10 Thread kernel
On 10 Jan 2001, Doug McNaught wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > think this, but problem, machine is running ok > > no slow response, only load 1.00 (it's not getting lower) > > Process stuck in D state? yes found it, proftpd can't kill it (also tried -9) why is this giving me a high load

Re: unexplained high load

2001-01-10 Thread Doug McNaught
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > think this, but problem, machine is running ok > no slow response, only load 1.00 (it's not getting lower) Process stuck in D state? -Doug - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please

Re: unexplained high load

2001-01-10 Thread kernel
detected this in kernel log : Jan 10 00:34:15 ddx kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request in mna handler<1> at virtual address f7d93ef869a1610c Jan 10 00:34:15 ddx kernel: current->mm->context = 0639 Jan 10 00:34:15 ddx kernel: current->mm->pgd = f8000c0d2000 Jan 10 00:34:1

Re: unexplained high load

2001-01-10 Thread kernel
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Hacksaw wrote: > > Could someone maybe explain this ? > > (top output, but same load is given with 'uptime') > > there is no cpu or disk activity > > kernel is 2.2.18pre9 on sun ultra10-300 (ultrasparc IIi) > > > >9:25pm up 112 days, 1:52, 1 user, load average: 1.24,

Re: unexplained high load

2001-01-10 Thread Hacksaw
> Could someone maybe explain this ? > (top output, but same load is given with 'uptime') > there is no cpu or disk activity > kernel is 2.2.18pre9 on sun ultra10-300 (ultrasparc IIi) > >9:25pm up 112 days, 1:52, 1 user, load average: 1.24, 1.05, 1.02 > 91 processes: 90 sleeping, 1 runni