Bug 456742

Summary: Too many [preload] < defunct > processes.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: sangu <sangu.fedora>
Component: preloadAssignee: Behdad Esfahbod <behdad>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description sangu 2008-07-25 23:59:51 UTC 
Description of problem:
$ ps ax | grep preload
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30992 ?        ZN     0:00 [preload] <defunct>
30994 ?        ZN     0:00 [preload] <defunct>
30995 ?        SN     0:00 /usr/sbin/preload --verbose 1
30999 ?        ZN     0:00 [preload] <defunct>
31002 ?        ZN     0:00 [preload] <defunct>
31003 ?        SN     0:00 /usr/sbin/preload --verbose 1
31005 ?        ZN     0:00 [preload] <defunct>
31006 ?        SN     0:00 /usr/sbin/preload --verbose 1
31008 ?        ZN     0:00 [preload] <defunct>
31012 ?        ZN     0:00 [preload] <defunct>
31015 ?        SN     0:00 /usr/sbin/preload --verbose 1
[skip]
32763 ?        ZN     0:00 [preload] <defunct>
32764 ?        ZN     0:00 [preload] <defunct>

$ ps ax | grep preload | wc -l
7877

$ sudo cat /var/log/preload.log 
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[Sat Jul 26 01:01:34 2008] failed to rename /var/lib/preload/preload.state.tmp
to /var/lib/preload/preload.state
[Sat Jul 26 01:01:35 2008] failed to rename /var/lib/preload/preload.state.tmp
to /var/lib/preload/preload.state

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
0.6-1.fc10

How reproducible:
always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install new preload package <yum install preload>
2. rebooting
3.
  
Actual results:


Expected results:


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Comment 1 Behdad Esfahbod 2008-07-27 08:12:54 UTC 
I'm quite embarrassed by this bug.  I have a fix locally.  Travelling currently.
 I'll build a fixed package as soon as possible.
Comment 2 Tom London 2008-07-27 20:57:28 UTC 
I found this too.  It was preventing me from completing gdm login.....

Removing the package "makes it work for me".

[I only found this by scripting a "ps algx" every .2 seconds.....]
Comment 3 Tom London 2008-07-27 21:02:25 UTC 
*** Bug 456819 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Behdad Esfahbod 2008-07-28 16:54:03 UTC 
preload-0.6.1 should fix this.  Please reopen if it doesn't.
Comment 5 Dario Castellarin 2008-11-25 18:13:49 UTC 
Please note that preload 0.6 is now in updates-testing for F9 and behaves the same (and almost got me a heart attack)!
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2008-11-25 18:43:24 UTC 
preload-0.6.3-2.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/preload-0.6.3-2.fc9