Re: Process in D state with st driver

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Aug 23 2005 - 01:32:42 EST


Hans-Joachim Baader <hjb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I do nightly backups on tape. Every 3 to 4 weeks a process is stuck in
> D state while accessing the drive:
>
> 12398 ? D 0:00 /usr/sbin/amcheck -ms daily
>
> There are no messages in the log. Only a reboot can remove this process.

Next time it happens, do

dmesg -c
echo t > /proc/sysrq-trigger
dmesg -s 1000000 > foo

and send foo, thanks.
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