Re: unexplained high load

Hacksaw (hacksaw@hacksaw.org)
Wed, 10 Jan 2001 16:36:14 -0500


Ahh, a D state.

D means disk wait, which the only thing that can postpone a -9. Basic, the
process is stuck in a loop inside a routine that needs to be atomic.

You'll have to reboot to clear it. I believe this is a kernel bug. Try going
back to 2.2.14, or maybe up to 2.2.19pre2.

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