Bug 456742 - Too many [preload] < defunct > processes.
Summary: Too many [preload] < defunct > processes.
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: preload
Version: rawhide
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
low
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Behdad Esfahbod
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 456819 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-07-25 23:59 UTC by sangu
Modified: 2008-11-25 18:43 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2008-07-28 16:54:03 UTC
Type: ---
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Description sangu 2008-07-25 23:59:51 UTC
Description of problem:
$ ps ax | grep preload
[skip]
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 
[skip]
[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:


Additional info:

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


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