Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:19:39 +1000 (EST) | From | Tim Connors <> | Subject | Re: threads leave zombies when they terminate |
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CC'd to linux-kernel, so as to get comments on my last paragraph.
I can confirm noflushd as being the cause of the problem, as per
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=noflushd+ext3+zombies&hl=en&lr=lang_da|lang_nl|lang_en|lang_fr|lang_de|lang_el|lang_iw|lang_it|lang_ru|lang_tr&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=20030328204021%242645%40gated-at.bofh.it&rnum=1
I am also wondering whether it only applies to systems with an ext3 partition? I say this because I don't recall the bug appearing before I upgraded, although I possibly did install ext3 at the same time as noflushd - upgrades all seem to happen at once :)
What I think (random stab in the dark), is the killing of a kernel thread - kupdate[d] is the problem. Just how safe is it to kill -STOP a kernel thread? Could this be causing all -lpthreaded apps to leave zombies behind?
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