22 Dec
2010
22 Dec
'10
14:12
Am Mittwoch, 22. Dezember 2010, 15:04:06 schrieb Anders Johansson:
On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 07:51 -0600, Donn Washburn wrote:
It means "Dead"
No, status 'D' doesn't mean Dead, it means "uninterruptible sleep". Normally, a process in state D is waiting inside the kernel for something to happen
Any waiting process, unless it is busy waiting, waits inside the kernel. The difference is between interruptible and uninterruptible sleep. If you are sleeping uninterruptably, signals will be delayed until the task is awoken for other reasons. An interruptible sleep will be broken for signal delivery. Regards Oliver -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org