Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 15:10:26 -0400 From: "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com> To: 'Vivek Khera' <khera@kcilink.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: opera & zombie processes Message-ID: <46AEB8C1B628D511969200508B6FE42A66840A@1upmc-msx6.isdip.upmc.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] If this is the cause of the problem with opera is there something else in conjuction that causes this. It other words linux emulation with and I have been using Opera for at least 6 months and I have noticed this problem at all. I'm not using the port but the tar from opera.com. Roderick P. Person Programmer II personrp@ccbh.com http://www.ccbh.com "Fascism is coming back, baby!" - Kevin Bacon - JFK > -----Original Message----- > From: Vivek Khera [mailto:khera@kcilink.com] > Sent: June 19, 2001 2:58 PM > To: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: opera & zombie processes > > > The following message is a courtesy copy of an article > that has been posted to ml.freebsd.questions as well. > > >>>>> "MB" == Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@planet.nl> writes: > > MB> I have a question about Opera 5.0 under FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE. When > MB> I'm browsing with Opera a lot of zombie processes are > MB> created. This goes on until the maximum number of processes are > MB> reached. After that no process can be started. I found > > I had a similar issue with Lyris running under Linux emulation (until > they came up with a FreeBSD native version). > > What was happening was that Lyris was creating and destroying dozens > of threads. Under linux emulation, these are kernel threads, and > treated as processes by the kernel. However, the linux apps don't see > fit to reap these processes, as linux does it automagically. > > The only real fix is to make the app reap the zombies periodically, or > convince opera to come out with a fbsd native version. > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. > Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 > AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>RE: opera & zombie processes</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=2>If this is the cause of the problem with opera is there something else in conjuction that causes this.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>It other words linux emulation with and I have been using Opera for at least 6 months and I have noticed this problem at all. I'm not using the port but the tar from opera.com.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Roderick P. Person</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Programmer II</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>personrp@ccbh.com</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.ccbh.com" TARGET="_blank">http://www.ccbh.com</A></FONT>; </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>"Fascism is coming back, baby!"</FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE=2>- Kevin Bacon - JFK</FONT> </P> <BR> <BR> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Vivek Khera [<A HREF="mailto:khera@kcilink.com">mailto:khera@kcilink.com</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: June 19, 2001 2:58 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: questions@freebsd.org</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: Re: opera & zombie processes</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> that has been posted to ml.freebsd.questions as well.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >>>>> "MB" == Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@planet.nl> writes:</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> MB> I have a question about Opera 5.0 under FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE. When</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> MB> I'm browsing with Opera a lot of zombie processes are</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> MB> created. This goes on until the maximum number of processes are</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> MB> reached. After that no process can be started. I found</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I had a similar issue with Lyris running under Linux emulation (until</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> they came up with a FreeBSD native version). </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> What was happening was that Lyris was creating and destroying dozens</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> of threads. Under linux emulation, these are kernel threads, and</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> treated as processes by the kernel. However, the linux apps don't see</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> fit to reap these processes, as linux does it automagically. </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> The only real fix is to make the app reap the zombies periodically, or</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> convince opera to come out with a fbsd native version.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> -- </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera <A HREF="http://www.khera.org/~vivek/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.khera.org/~vivek/</A></FONT>; <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML>
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