jpd@tardis.cl.msu.edu (Joe P. DeCello) (06/24/91)
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jpd@tardis.cl.msu.edu (Joe P. DeCello) (06/24/91)
Hello fellow netters, I am unable to kill an mdump on are server. I logged in as root and tried this: # kill -9 10258 but when I listed the processes it was still there. I have this problem with alot of processes which use /dev/rsx0 Is there a way to kill this monger without rebooting. Thanx, -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Joseph P. DeCello III e-mail: jpd@cad.msu.edu Michigan State University phone: (517) 353-3027 Specialized Computing Support Services
zwbm07@hou.amoco.com (Walter Moore) (06/25/91)
In article <1991Jun24.143454.15728@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> jpd@tardis.cl.msu.edu (Joe P. DeCello) writes: >I am unable to kill an mdump on are server. I logged >in as root and tried this: > ># kill -9 10258 > >but when I listed the processes it was still there. >I have this problem with alot of processes which >use /dev/rsx0 >Is there a way to kill this monger without rebooting. > You failed to mention the OS... -- TTYL & TANSTAAFL ---------------- Walter Moore Internet: zwbm07@hou.amoco.com
rowe@cme.nist.gov (Walter Rowe) (06/27/91)
Joe P. DeCello <jpd@tardis.cl.msu.edu> writes: > I have this problem with alot of processes which use /dev/rsx0. > Is there a way to kill this monger without rebooting. Sounds like your process is hung in a device-wait state. What does a `ps ax' show as the status of the process? If its in a device-wait, it will not get the signal until the process returns from some device driver routine (eg. open, close, read, write, ioctl). When executing kernel code, its my understanding that signals are not received until the process exits that code (ie. one of the calls mentioned above completes - there are other calls as well that might cause this problem depending on the circumstances). wpr --- Walter Rowe rowe@cme.nist.gov ...!uunet!cme-durer!rowe National Institute of Standards and Technology / U.S. Department of Commerce