Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 18:16:44 +0100 From: Robin Melville <robmel@innotts.co.uk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Runaway processes Message-ID: <v04210100b3f1bbf8d0fe@[172.16.99.111]>
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Dear All, I have run into a problem which started with a STABLE cvsup back around mid-July. Previously well-behaved applications have started to run away. This apparently occurs if a user kills their telnet session without logging out. The processes consume large amounts of the 'System' CPU cycle & bring the load up to about 2.5. Under ps or top they always appear in RUN mode. Mostly they are killable with SIGTERM but sometimes need SIGKILL. Killing them (even with SIGABRT) doesn't cause them to drop core that I can debug. These are both locally written database applications and also /bin/sh. We've been running the database applications more-or-less unchanged for at least 5 years. Subsequent to this problem I recompiled them all as ELF but this has made no difference. I wonder if anybody else has seen this behaviour or can give me an indication of any workarounds I might try. TIA Robin. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin Melville, Addiction Information Service Nottingham Alcohol & Drug Team Tel: +44 (0)115 952 9478 Fax: +44 (0)115 952 9421 work: robmel@nadt.org.uk Pages: http://www.innotts.co.uk/nadt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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