Subject: blocked in sokva.
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
List: current-users
Date: 07/17/2003 15:55:14
I have a -current i386 kernel of July 7th (1.6U) where my httpd's and 
postfix processes are getting blocked in 'sokva'.  Now, the machine
has lots of RAM and the load isn't usually all that high, but
nonetheless, it's blocking about once a week... They are unkillable
but also lock up the respective ports...

Anyone have any fixes?  I already upgraded once because apparently
Ragge had made some changes and then backed them out... But this 
is fairly current I should think...

NetBSD mail 1.6U NetBSD 1.6U (BIRFIELD) #0: Mon Jul  7 20:29:42 EDT 2003  hpeyerl@mail:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/BIRFIELD i386
mail# ps -axwl | grep sockva
    0 18475 25485   1  29   0    84    76 -        R+   p3   0:00.00 grep sockva 
mail# ps -axwl | grep sokva
32767    35     1   0 -18   0 22424  3376 sokva    D    ??   0:00.47 /usr/pkg/sbin/httpd 
32767   332     1   0 -18   0 22540  3016 sokva    D    ??   0:00.62 /usr/pkg/sbin/httpd 
32767   500     1   0 -18   0 22412     4 sokva    D    ??   0:00.57 /usr/pkg/sbin/httpd 
32767   588     1   0 -18   0 22480  7524 sokva    D    ??   0:00.39 /usr/pkg/sbin/httpd 
32767   648     1   0 -18   0 22424  1704 sokva    D    ??   0:00.80 /usr/pkg/sbin/httpd 
32767   801     1   0 -18   0 22424     4 sokva    D    ??   0:00.22 /usr/pkg/sbin/httpd 
32767   895     1   0 -18   0 22492     4 sokva    D    ??   0:00.75 /usr/pkg/sbin/httpd 
 1003   931 25317   0 -18   0  3368  1920 sokva    D    ??   0:01.20 /usr/pkg/bin/python -S /home/mailman/cron/qrunner 
32767  1106     1   0 -18   0 22484  1580 sokva    D    ??   0:00.66 /usr/pkg/sbin/httpd 
32767  1176     1   0 -18   0 22500  7588 sokva    D    ??   0:00.17 /usr/pkg/sbin/httpd 
32767  1230     1   0 -18   0 22404     4 sokva    D    ??   0:00.48 /usr/pkg/sbin/httpd 
32767  1393     1   0 -18   0 22480     4 sokva    D    ??   0:00.79 /usr/pkg/sbin/httpd 
32767  1464     1   0 -18   0 22404     4 sokva    D    ??   0:00.18 /usr/pkg/sbin/httpd 
32767  1673     1   0 -18   0 22488  7388 sokva    D    ??   0:00.46 /usr/pkg/sbin/httpd 
32767  1744     1   0 -18   0 22416  1620 sokva    D    ??   0:00.45 /usr/pkg/sbin/httpd 

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