A number of people have reported unkillable processes stuck in
the 'D' (Uninteruptable Disk Wait) state.  I have a bit more evidence
for the fire.

	I have found that if I get a process stuck in 'D', then I can
produce more such processes by attempting to read the directory in
which that process is attempting to read files.  I have been able to
duplicate this where I had compiles running which I could definately
track down.

	Interestingly, nfsd processes will also get stuck in this
manner.  I don't know if this is interesting, or not.

Dave.

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