kern/72979: unkillable process(es) stuck in `STOP' state

[Ken Smith]

The following reply was made to PR kern/72979; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ken Smith <kensmith at cse.Buffalo.EDU>
To: David Xu <davidxu at freebsd.org>
Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx at aldan.algebra.com>,
	Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock at gmx.net>, re at freebsd.org,
	davidxu at t2t2.com, davidxu at viatech.com.cn,
	freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/72979: unkillable process(es) stuck in `STOP' state
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:00:32 -0400

 On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 07:11:54PM +0800, David Xu wrote:
 > Mikhail Teterin wrote:
 > 
 > >David, would you take a look at this? Some apps sometimes end up 
 > >unkillable:
 > >
 > >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=72979
 > >
 > >If you provide an encouraging answer quick enough, we may even be able to 
 > >persuade re@ to hold the release long enough for you to fix it. Thanks!
 > >
 > >-mi
 > >
 > I had committed a change about 3 days ago, this might fix the problem, 
 > can you
 > try ?
 > 
 > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/kern/kern_exit.c.diff?r1=1.250&r2=1.251&f=h
 > 
 
 That looks both promising (given symptoms) and low-risk.
 
 Mikhail et. al., will you have any problems testing that?
 
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