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Date:      Mon, 6 Aug 2001 02:07:12 -0500
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PID with a 'D' status - what to do?
Message-ID:  <15214.16928.322835.749014@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <85913237@toto.iv>

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Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> types:
> What is the proper way to deal with a PID having a "D" status - i.e.,
> it's uninterruptable - so that I can 'shutdown' cleanly? 

D is supposed to be a short term wait. If it's waiting on something
that's never going to happen, you might as well ignore it and shut
down anyway. What's it waiting on?

	<mike
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