From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 23 3: 1:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 401E537B404 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 03:01:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D69D243E77 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 03:01:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk ([IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8NA12C0005936; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:01:02 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8NA0uRY005935; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:00:56 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:00:56 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: John Wards Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: top command Message-ID: <20020923100056.GE4587@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <00e301c262e3$1e0a6090$6500a8c0@JOHNCOMP> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00e301c262e3$1e0a6090$6500a8c0@JOHNCOMP> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-9.9 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.41 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 10:25:03AM +0100, John Wards wrote: > What does the following mean when running 'top' These process states generally indicate what system call the process has blocked in: > sbwait Wait for data to arrive at/drain from a socket buffer --- see /usr/src/sys/kern/uipc_socket2.c, recv(2) > lockf Waiting to acquire a lock on a file. See lockf(3) > select Waiting for any of a set of file descriptors to become ready for IO. See select(2). > poll Similar to select(2), waiting for file descriptors to become ready for IO. poll(2) is a more recently developed replacement for select(2). See the poll(2) man page. -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message