Bug 123400 - find cannot be killed
Summary: find cannot be killed
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-05-18 03:16 UTC by Joe Pepersack
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-09-29 20:27:04 UTC
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Description Joe Pepersack 2004-05-18 03:16:14 UTC
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Description of problem:
Errant find searches cannot be killed off or suspended by any means:
ctrl-c, ctrl-z, termination of shell, kill -9, killall, etc:

EG:
xterm -e ssh fedorabox &
( in xterm )
me@fedorabox % find / -name something

ctrl-c has no effect
ctrl-z has no effect
in new ssh session: kill -9 `ps -ef | grep "find / -name something"` 
  no effect
kill xterm with search, ssh into fedorabox, ps shows find is still running
kill parent process of find, parent process dies and find becomes a
child of process 1.  

Zombie find processes remain unkillable until system is rebooted.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
findutils-4.1.7-17

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run find
2. try to kill it (eg kill -9)
    

Actual Results:  It does not die

Expected Results:  It should die

Additional info:

Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2004-05-18 08:26:17 UTC
Works for me.  If kill -9 doesn't work it's a kernel problem.

Comment 2 Joe Pepersack 2004-06-01 16:13:42 UTC
I've only noticed this happening on my server, an HP LPr P2/450.  I
run FC1 inside a VMWare on my Dell Inspiron 8200 and was not able to
reproduce the problem there; it's still 100% reproducable on my server.

[tassach@argonath ~]% uname -a
Linux argonath.pepersack.net 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl #1 Wed Apr 21 20:36:05
EDT 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Comment 3 David Lawrence 2004-09-29 20:27:04 UTC
Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of
the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem
persists.

The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, 
and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in
the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/



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