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    SubjectRe: Ghost processes in /proc with kernel 2.3.22
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    > Process numbers do not appear in the listing of proc,  it is possible
    > to stat the contents of their directories. eg /proc/1234 does not
    > exist, but stat /proc/1234/stat does. cat /proc/1234/stat would
    > give an error.

    This is quite normal with 2.3.x. You will also get random core dumps, crashes
    and other problems if you use /proc heavily on those kernels.

    Alan


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