From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Oct 31 19: 8: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22A8237B401 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 19:07:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from buck.hyperlink.net.au (buck.hyperlink.net.au [202.174.228.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 155A443E4A for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 19:07:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michael@hyperlink.net.au) Received: from [172.16.0.55] (jim.hyperlink.net.au [202.174.229.55]) by buck.hyperlink.net.au (8.11.6/8.11.4) with ESMTP id gA14TCN26979; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:29:12 +1100 Subject: Re: Invincible Process? From: Michael Samuel To: stephan mantler Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3DBDC368.5090307@acm.org> References: <3DBDC368.5090307@acm.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 01 Nov 2002 14:07:38 +1100 Message-Id: <1036120059.40527.7.camel@jim.hyperlink.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Run another truss on that process, and it will break out (and die with whichever signal you last sent it). On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 10:08, stephan mantler wrote: > Hi > > Through a weird coincidence I managed to get truss to trace itself on > 4.7-RELEASE: > > root 97508 0.0 0.1 916 408 p4- D 10:30PM 0:00.01 truss -p 97508 > > The funky thing is that this process is now unkillable. I've sent it > every signal in the known universe, tried to attach a debugger and > yet another truss, but all to no avail. It's only a minor inconvenience > on this particular system (and definitely doesn't warrant a reboot), but > still. > > Regards, > -stephan > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Michael Samuel Tech Guru michael@hyperlink.net.au =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Hyperlink, a division of The Swish Group Ltd ACN 085 545 973 Level 6, 257 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC 3004 Phone 1300 368 638 Fax +61 3 9211 5406 http://www.hyperlink.net.au =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message