Re: kill task in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE

Denis Vlasenko (vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua)
Thu, 9 May 2002 13:21:19 -0200

On 8 May 2002 16:33, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state ?
> >
> > No. Everytime you see hung task in this state
> > you see kernel bug.
>
> Or waiting on a resource that isnt available - that can occur for example
> with NFS for long periods, or for a few minutes when burning a CD and the
> IDE bus is locked

I really prefer interruptible NFS mode (without timeout).

If CD burner needs to completely lock IDE, well, that is less than wonderful
piece of hardware. I won't blame kernel for this.

--
vda


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