Bug 103951

Summary: /dev/ttyX hangs at random under moderate load
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Beta Reporter: Michael J. Cohen <mjc>
Component: kernelAssignee: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description Michael J. Cohen 2003-09-08 11:23:15 UTC
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Description of problem:
/dev/tty2 hangs when /dev/tty1 is producing a moderate CPU load and/or heavy IO.

killing the associated login process appears to reset the tty.

tested on two SMP machines ( dual 1GHz, ECC ) and a UP laptop.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.4.21-20.1.2024.2.1.nptl

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. generate moderate to heavy CPU load and/or moderate to heavy CPU load
2. switch to tty2
3. generate moderate to heavy load, and press ctrl-c
    

Actual Results:  ctrl-c and every key pressed thereafter are ignored until 
affected /bin/login is killed.

Expected Results:  ctrl-c should have killed the process on tty2.

Additional info:

annoying :)

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2003-09-08 16:29:16 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 103950 ***

Comment 2 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 18:58:30 UTC
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.