Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:11:15 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Adam McLaurin <adam.mclaurin@gmx.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help tracking down a naughty process Message-ID: <20040331231115.GA82264@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20040331172740.1408dd2b.adam.mclaurin@gmx.net> References: <20040331172740.1408dd2b.adam.mclaurin@gmx.net>
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In the last episode (Mar 31), Adam McLaurin said:
> Since upgrading to 5.2.1-p4-RELEASE last night, I have seen the
> following warnings a few times in my /var/log/messages:
>
> Mar 31 16:49:14 jake kernel: Warning: pid 37735 used static ldt
> allocation. Mar 31 16:49:14 jake kernel: See the i386_set_ldt man page
> for more info
>
> Trouble is, by the time I go to check what pid 37735 is, it's already
> terminated without a trace.
Apply this patch:
Index: sys_machdep.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/i386/i386/sys_machdep.c,v
retrieving revision 1.91
diff -u -r1.91 sys_machdep.c
--- sys_machdep.c 7 Sep 2003 05:23:28 -0000 1.91
+++ sys_machdep.c 22 Oct 2003 16:52:49 -0000
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@
if (!(uap->start == LDT_AUTO_ALLOC && uap->num == 1)) {
/* complain a for a while if using old methods */
if (ldt_warnings++ < NUM_LDT_WARNINGS) {
- printf("Warning: pid %d used static ldt allocation.\n",
- td->td_proc->p_pid);
+ printf("Warning: pid %d (%s) used static ldt allocation.\n",
+ td->td_proc->p_pid, td->td_proc->p_comm);
printf("See the i386_set_ldt man page for more info\n");
}
/* verify range of descriptors to modify */
--
Dan Nelson
dnelson@allantgroup.com
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