Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:10:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/55346: /bin/sh eats memory and CPU infinitely Message-ID: <200308141810.h7EIAJRi042527@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/55346; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.pp.ru> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/55346: /bin/sh eats memory and CPU infinitely Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:04:13 -0700 (PDT) On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > Hi! > > It seems /bin/sh in 4.8-STABLE has problem with SIGCHLD processing. > In short, it often fails to process it correctly, zombies float > around, jobs are not marked as finished in jobtab[] that fills memory > and takes much CPU to be processed. > > Run this one-liner using /bin/sh and see hundreds of zombies: > > #!/bin/sh > while :; do : & done Considering that with this script you are forkbombing your machine as root, I think this falls into the "doctor it hurts when I shoot my foot" category. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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