From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 Description of problem: When issuing a ps command with any numerous options, it is not possible to display the process parameters for all processes. In particular, processes that are displayed in brackets are no longer displayed with their full parameters. The parameters are only displayed for some processes. This worked before I upgraded the kernel to 2.4.18-27.7xsmp. It looks like this happens in Redhat 8 too. I have plenty of memory and really doubt that all of the processes in brackets are swapped out to disk. The particular processes I have been interested in are [_mprosrv]. I can get the process to display without the brackets (i.e. ps -A), but still do not see the parameters. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): procps-2.0.7-11 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.ps auxwww 2. 3. Actual Results: I see many processes displayed in brackets with no parameters. Expected Results: See more processes displayed without brackets and with parameters. Additional info: This is what the display look like before the kernel upgrade. [root@la-app2 root]# cat ps USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 0.0 0.0 1404 460 ? S 2002 0:06 init [3] root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 2002 0:00 [keventd] root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SWN 2002 0:00 [ksoftirqd_CPU0] root 4 0.1 0.0 0 0 ? SW 2002 232:24 [kswapd] root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 2002 0:33 [kreclaimd] root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 2002 6:09 [bdflush] root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 2002 0:29 [kupdated] root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW< 2002 0:00 [mdrecoveryd] root 16 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 2002 0:34 [kjournald] root 135 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 2002 6:37 [kjournald] root 136 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 2002 0:17 [kjournald] lp 793 0.0 0.0 2580 988 ? S 2002 0:00 lpd Waiting xfs 945 0.0 0.1 5412 4128 ? S 2002 0:00 xfs -droppriv -daemon daemon 963 0.0 0.0 1448 552 ? S 2002 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd root 1008 0.0 0.0 2340 1088 tty1 S 2002 0:00 login -- root root 1009 0.0 0.0 2340 1092 tty2 S 2002 0:00 login -- root root 1010 0.0 0.0 1388 436 tty3 S 2002 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3 root 1011 0.0 0.0 1388 436 tty4 S 2002 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4 root 1012 0.0 0.0 1388 436 tty5 S 2002 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5 root 1013 0.0 0.0 1388 436 tty6 S 2002 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6 root 7086 0.0 0.0 2676 1276 ? S 2002 0:01 /usr/sbin/sshd root 28738 0.0 0.0 2524 1344 tty1 S 2002 0:00 -bash root 21840 0.0 0.0 1476 584 ? S Feb06 0:02 syslogd -m 0 root 21845 0.0 0.0 1988 1104 ? S Feb06 0:00 klogd -2 root 22446 0.0 0.0 1604 696 ? S Feb06 0:11 crond root 23063 0.0 0.5 12880 11064 ? S Mar04 0:32 /usr/apps/dlc/cur/bin/_mprosrv -pf apclear.pf root 23097 0.0 0.0 13044 1904 ? S Mar04 0:04 /usr/apps/dlc/cur/bin/_mprosrv -m1 /opt/apodb/apclear -N TCP -Nd /dev/tcp -hs 0 -Mm 16000 -cpinternal iso8859-1 -cpstream iso8859-1 -cpterm iso8859-1 -cpcase basic -cpcoll basic -S apclearsv root 25566 0.0 0.0 1648 616 ? S Mar10 0:01 rhnsd --interval 120 root 25703 0.0 0.0 5536 2040 ? S Mar10 0:04 sendmail: accepting connections root 25739 0.0 0.0 2172 928 ? S Mar10 0:07 xinetd -stayalive -reuse -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid mpsys 1898 0.0 0.1 6656 2372 ? SN Mar17 1:40 /opt/apps/dlc/9.1c11/bin/_progres -1 -b -p /home/mpsys/authserv.p -T /tmp root 4180 0.0 0.0 3736 2168 ? S Mar18 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd jzimmer 4183 0.0 0.0 2504 1328 pts/3 S Mar18 0:00 -bash root 4232 0.0 0.0 2372 1032 pts/3 S Mar18 0:00 su - root 4236 0.0 0.0 2532 1368 pts/3 S Mar18 0:04 -bash root 5659 0.0 0.0 2280 924 ? S Mar18 0:00 /opt/apps/dlc/cur/bin/_proapbk -pf /opt/apodb/appsrv/appsrv.pf root 6244 0.0 0.0 4600 868 ? S Mar18 0:00 _proapsv -pf /opt/apodb/appsrv/appsrv.pf root 6249 0.0 0.0 4600 868 ? S Mar18 0:00 _proapsv -pf /opt/apodb/appsrv/appsrv.pf root 7865 0.0 0.0 3692 2052 ? S 07:15 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd root 7867 0.0 0.0 2520 1344 pts/0 S 07:15 0:00 -bash root 7923 0.1 0.0 2528 1352 tty2 S 07:16 0:00 -bash root 7978 0.0 0.0 2664 736 tty2 R 07:16 0:00 ps auxwwww [root@la-app2 root]#
Created attachment 91255 [details] Here is my current ps output. Here is my current ps display, with memory information. [root@la-app2 root]# ps auxwwww USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 0.0 0.0 1404 472 ? S Mar19 0:13 init [3] root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar19 0:00 [migration_CPU0] root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar19 0:00 [migration_CPU1] root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar19 0:00 [keventd] root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SWN Mar19 0:00 [ksoftirqd_CPU0] root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SWN Mar19 0:00 [ksoftirqd_CPU1] root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar19 1:05 [kswapd] root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar19 0:00 [bdflush] root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar19 0:07 [kupdated] root 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar19 0:00 [mdrecoveryd] root 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar19 0:13 [kjournald] root 137 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar19 0:28 [kjournald] root 138 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar19 0:08 [kjournald] root 682 0.0 0.0 1476 584 ? S Mar19 0:03 syslogd -m 0 root 687 0.0 0.0 2192 1224 ? S Mar19 0:00 klogd -2 root 761 0.0 0.0 2676 1276 ? S Mar19 0:02 /usr/sbin/sshd root 795 0.0 0.0 2232 968 ? S Mar19 0:02 xinetd -stayalive -reuse -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid lp 819 0.0 0.0 2580 988 ? S Mar19 0:00 [lpd] root 867 0.0 0.0 1608 700 ? S Mar19 0:03 crond xfs 941 0.0 0.1 5176 3848 ? S Mar19 0:00 [xfs] daemon 959 0.0 0.0 1452 556 ? S Mar19 0:00 [atd] root 980 0.0 0.0 1648 616 ? S Mar19 0:00 rhnsd --interval 120 root 986 0.0 0.0 1392 440 tty2 S Mar19 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2 root 987 0.0 0.0 1392 440 tty3 S Mar19 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3 root 988 0.0 0.0 1392 440 tty4 S Mar19 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4 root 989 0.0 0.0 1392 440 tty5 S Mar19 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5 root 990 0.0 0.0 1392 440 tty6 S Mar19 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6 root 2057 0.0 0.5 12880 11064 ? S Mar19 3:59 [_mprosrv] root 2064 0.0 0.0 2288 932 ? S Mar19 0:09 [_proapbk] root 10216 0.0 0.1 13040 2564 ? S Mar20 1:21 [_mprosrv] mpsys 13636 0.0 0.1 6656 2372 ? SN Mar27 0:53 [_progres] root 16720 0.0 0.0 5544 2060 ? S Apr09 0:14 sendmail: accepting connections root 16751 0.0 0.0 1392 440 tty1 S Apr21 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty1 root 21878 0.0 0.0 3696 2112 ? S Apr22 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd jzimmer 21879 0.0 0.0 2516 1352 pts/0 S Apr22 0:00 -bash root 21963 0.0 0.0 2372 1024 pts/0 S Apr22 0:00 [su] root 21964 0.0 0.0 2520 1352 pts/0 S Apr22 0:00 -bash root 26475 0.0 0.0 4596 868 ? S 09:37 0:00 [_proapsv] root 26489 0.0 0.0 4592 864 ? S 09:39 0:00 [_proapsv] root 26708 0.0 0.0 2932 1736 pts/0 S 10:48 0:00 ssh bast3 root 26710 0.0 0.0 3696 2040 ? R 10:49 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd root 26711 0.0 0.0 2520 1340 pts/1 S 10:49 0:00 -bash root 26785 0.0 0.0 2648 720 pts/1 R 10:54 0:00 ps auxwwww [root@la-app2 root]# [root@la-app2 root]# free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 2142 1236 905 0 108 997 -/+ buffers/cache: 130 2012 Swap: 2047 0 2047 [root@la-app2 root]# vmstat 5 procs memory swap io system cpu r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id 0 0 0 0 927736 111696 1021456 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 927736 111704 1021456 0 0 0 10 515 30 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 927736 111704 1021456 0 0 0 2 516 29 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 927736 111704 1021456 0 0 0 2 515 29 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 927736 111704 1021456 0 0 0 2 516 29 0 0 100
This looks like a dup of bug 87638 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 87638 ***
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.