From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 2 16:24:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA05486 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 16:24:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.dcfinc.com (freebie.dcfinc.com [138.113.5.128]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA05481 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 16:24:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chad@freebie.dcfinc.com) Received: (from chad@localhost) by freebie.dcfinc.com (8.8.7/8.8.3a) id RAA09520; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 17:23:56 -0700 (MST) From: "Chad R. Larson" Message-Id: <199811030023.RAA09520@freebie.dcfinc.com> Subject: Re: df hangs on 2.2.6-BETA To: billf@chc-chimes.com (Bill Fumerola) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 17:23:55 -0700 (MST) Cc: viren@rstcorp.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from Bill Fumerola at "Nov 2, 98 03:27:31 pm" Reply-to: chad@dcfinc.com X-unexpected: The Spanish Inquisition X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Viren R. Shah wrote: > > Whenever I do a "df" on the system, the df process hangs, and can't > > be killed. Has anyone seen this before? The system still does > > everything else fine. > > I have seen the exact same thing using rumba/sharity-light (SMB/CIFS > client), and get the same results. This raises a missing feature I've long thought Unix needed. There should be a "kill with extreme prejudice". Something that will go through the kernel process tables and just remove all evidence the process ever existed. -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org chad@anasazi.com larson1@home.net DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message