Re: 2.6.29-rc3: weird process after resume

[Alex Romosan <romosan@sycorax.lbl.gov>]

Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:25:20 -0800
> Alex Romosan <romosan@sycorax.lbl.gov> wrote:
>
>> this is on a thinkpad t61p with an intel core2 cpu. i just noticed
>> that after resuming from suspending to memory i get a weirdly named
>> process. i did a ps before and after and the only difference was that
>> before i had this process:
>> 
>>   [hda0/1]
>> 
>> and after this one:
>> 
>>   [__?__;??____D__"?______]
>> 
>> with everything else being the same. the laptop seems to be working
>> fine and the problem could have been there for a while but i just
>> didn't notice it. i am including my .config file. let me know if you
>> need anything else.
>
> Were earlier kernels OK?  If so, which version?

i just tried 2.6.28 and there was no [hda0] kernel thread. 2.6.29-rc1
and rc2 never resumed from suspend so i couldn't really try it.

> What the heck is that kernel thread anyway?  It looks like something
> derived from an IDE device.

i have no idea. hda is the cdrom (the disk is sata and shows up as
sda).

--alex--

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