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Date:      Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:16:12 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: what is umtxn
Message-ID:  <871vwmv3er.fsf@kobe.laptop>
In-Reply-To: <20081205193446.B2902@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> (Wojciech Puchar's message of "Fri, 5 Dec 2008 19:35:34 %2B0100 (CET)")
References:  <20081205193446.B2902@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>

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On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 19:35:34 +0100 (CET), Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:
> i've got once my asterisk process in umtxn state (as top shows) using
> 100% CPU.
>
> it was still answering calls.
>
> what's umtxn exactly?

A kernel lock operation.  ``procstat -k PID'' may show more details
about the in-kernel stack of the process that spins on the lock.




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