From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 21 21:54:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 650DD16A4CE for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:54:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-03-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com (ms-smtp-03-smtplb.ohiordc.rr.com [65.24.5.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04DF043D2F for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:54:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com) Received: from www.bluecirclesoft.com (cpe-024-165-114-048.cinci.rr.com [24.165.114.48])i9LLsXwZ002855 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:54:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from www.bluecirclesoft.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i9LLsXk5027963 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:54:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by www.bluecirclesoft.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i9LLsWtL027962 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:54:32 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com) X-Authentication-Warning: www.bluecirclesoft.com: mrami set sender to marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com using -f From: Marc Ramirez Organization: Blue Circle Software Corp. To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:54:28 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <200410211523.52663@misha-mx.virtual-estates.net> <200410212227.02663.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <200410212227.02663.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200410211754.28172.marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com> X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: [kde-freebsd] unkillable multithreaded processes stuck in `STOP' state X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:54:37 -0000 On Thursday 21 October 2004 04:26 pm, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > On Thursday, 21. October 2004 21:23, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > > Hello! > > > > This happened twice already -- first with KMail and now with Kontact. > > A process crashes as usual (KDE's 3.3.0 release was of unusually low > > quality), and seems to go away, except it does not. It stays in the > > `STOP' (according to top(1)) or in the `T' (as per ps(1)) state and > > can not be killed -- neither with -CONT, nor with -KILL. > > [...] > > > This is all, probably, due to something in KDE's attempts to capture > > crashes and collect backtraces for better bug reports. But whatever bugs > > they may have there, having an unkillable process -- of any kind -- > > worries me greatly. Is this a known issue, or is a PR warranted? > > There have been no similar reports (to my knowledge) and I haven't seen > anything similar on either 4.x or 5.x (I don't run 6-CURRENT). I'm seeing something similar with OpenOffice. I'm in the process of building a kernel with kdb to try to diagnose. Marc. -- Marc Ramirez Blue Circle Software Corporation 513-688-1070 (main) 513-382-1270 (direct) http://www.bluecirclesoft.com http://www.mrami.com (personal)