From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762195AbZBEBpc (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2009 20:45:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754319AbZBEBpT (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2009 20:45:19 -0500 Received: from sycorax.lbl.gov ([128.3.11.121]:55853 "EHLO sycorax.lbl.gov" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752221AbZBEBpR (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2009 20:45:17 -0500 From: Alex Romosan To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.29-rc3: weird process after resume References: <878womf727.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> <20090204153954.844ac67b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:45:13 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20090204153954.844ac67b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (message from Andrew Morton on Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:39:54 -0800) Message-ID: <87hc39ejx2.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andrew Morton writes: > On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:25:20 -0800 > Alex Romosan 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-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |