Subject: Re: l1ptwait
To: None <Richard.Earnshaw@arm.com>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
List: port-arm
Date: 11/19/2002 14:13:35
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 01:13:02PM +0000, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> > I seem to have a stack of processes all stuck in l1ptwait - what does this
> > mean?
...
> It means you've got too many programs trying to fork and not enough
> memory[1] to support it.
...
Thank you - I killed a few processes, and that was enough to unclog things..
(already had top running)

Cheers,

Patrick