I have right now a deluged process behaving exactly as this (100% cpu, unkillable, becomes zombie when killed and keeps eating 100% cpu, using an encrypted filesystem).
Possibly duplicates: #925309 #665211 (this last one was reported by me) Not so sure: #838061 Quite nasty bug, since it forces a reboot. Here is the info I could gather about the runaway process. Note how it goes from running to zombie: $ uname -a Linux isila 3.0.0-15-generic-pae #26-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 20 17:07:31 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux $ ps ax | grep deluged | grep -v grep 3416 ? Sl 79:04 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/deluged --port=58846 --config=/home/user/.config/deluge $ kill 3416 ; sleep 1; ps ax | grep deluged | grep -v grep 3416 ? Sl 79:22 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/deluged --port=58846 --config=/home/user/.config/deluge $ kill -9 3416 ; sleep 1; ps ax | grep deluged | grep -v grep 3416 ? Zl 79:33 [deluged] <defunct> $ kill -9 3416 ; sleep 1; ps ax | grep deluged | grep -v grep 3416 ? Zl 79:37 [deluged] <defunct> $ top -b -p 3416 top - 13:52:18 up 1:45, 4 users, load average: 1.19, 1.23, 1.58 Tasks: 1 total, 0 running, 0 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie Cpu(s): 6.3%us, 19.9%sy, 0.0%ni, 59.9%id, 13.8%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.1%si, 0.0%st Mem: 8179056k total, 7960816k used, 218240k free, 232724k buffers Swap: 8388604k total, 1316k used, 8387288k free, 6397284k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 3416 user 20 0 0 0 0 Z 100 0.0 80:27.44 deluged <defunct> And using the sysrq-t thingie: Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309318] deluged x ed2a9e8c 0 3416 1 0x00000004 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309321] de99fe40 00000046 00000000 ed2a9e8c 00000000 00000000 f74d0000 c18b2d40 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309324] c18b2d40 e2d22e9d 000005b1 f7886d40 e82d8000 e9830000 f18cf520 f7407e00 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309327] de99fe28 c112392a c1278379 f18cf520 c10b81f2 de99fe28 c1278379 c1278379 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309331] Call Trace: Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309333] [<c112392a>] ? kmem_cache_free+0xea/0x100 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309334] [<c1278379>] ? put_io_context+0x39/0x60 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309336] [<c10b81f2>] ? call_rcu_sched+0x12/0x20 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309338] [<c1278379>] ? put_io_context+0x39/0x60 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309340] [<c1278379>] ? put_io_context+0x39/0x60 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309342] [<c1278379>] ? put_io_context+0x39/0x60 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309344] [<c155ae25>] schedule+0x35/0x50 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309345] [<c1054810>] do_exit+0x1f0/0x3a0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309347] [<c1061897>] ? recalc_sigpending+0x17/0x40 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309349] [<c1061a11>] ? dequeue_signal+0x31/0x190 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309351] [<c102de68>] ? default_spin_lock_flags+0x8/0x10 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309353] [<c1054b18>] do_group_exit+0x38/0xa0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309355] [<c10639d5>] get_signal_to_deliver+0x215/0x3c0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309357] [<c108675c>] ? __smp_call_function_single+0x4c/0xd0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309359] [<c1009d21>] do_signal+0x61/0x110 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309361] [<c107a39b>] ? ktime_get_ts+0xeb/0x120 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309363] [<c1294d70>] ? copy_to_user+0x40/0x60 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309365] [<c1144a2a>] ? poll_select_copy_remaining+0xca/0x110 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309367] [<c1145a65>] ? sys_select+0x95/0xb0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309369] [<c1009ff5>] do_notify_resume+0x75/0x90 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309371] [<c155cd20>] work_notifysig+0x13/0x1b Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309373] deluged R running 0 3417 1 0x00000004 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309374] 00000000 00000000 f5bf0180 00000001 df39b9c4 c10e8720 52eaa000 00000001 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309378] df39bb44 00000001 00001000 00000000 00000000 00000041 00000010 00000010 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309381] df39b9d0 c128e35a df39b9d8 c10b2344 df39b9ec c100ba4b 00000041 00000000 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309384] Call Trace: Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309387] [<c10e8720>] ? generic_file_buffered_write+0x50/0x80 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309389] [<c128e35a>] ? radix_tree_lookup+0xa/0x10 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309391] [<c10b2344>] ? irq_to_desc+0x14/0x20 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309393] [<c100ba4b>] ? handle_irq+0x1b/0x90 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309395] [<c1564192>] ? do_IRQ+0x42/0xc0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309397] [<c10346bc>] ? kmap_atomic_prot+0x4c/0x120 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309399] [<c1563ff0>] ? common_interrupt+0x30/0x38 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309401] [<c126c859>] ? aes_encrypt+0xd79/0xe10 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309407] [<c126b331>] ? crypto_cbc_encrypt+0x81/0x110 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309409] [<c126bae0>] ? crypto_aes_set_key+0x30/0x30 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309411] [<c1207554>] ? encrypt_scatterlist+0x94/0x120 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309414] [<c1207dd4>] ? ecryptfs_encrypt_extent+0xe4/0x230 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309416] [<c1208354>] ? ecryptfs_encrypt_page+0x94/0x1c0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309418] [<c10e9014>] ? read_cache_page_async+0x24/0x30 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309421] [<c1206ca6>] ? ecryptfs_write+0x196/0x320 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309423] [<c1204208>] ? truncate_upper.isra.13+0x2a8/0x370 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309425] [<c112cde3>] ? __mem_cgroup_commit_charge+0x63/0xb0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309427] [<c1204f3d>] ? ecryptfs_truncate+0x4d/0xb0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309430] [<c1206270>] ? ecryptfs_write_begin+0xc0/0x410 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309432] [<c11521c6>] ? generic_getxattr+0x46/0x60 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309434] [<c10e85d4>] ? generic_perform_write+0xa4/0x1a0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309437] [<c10e8720>] ? generic_file_buffered_write+0x50/0x80 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309439] [<c10ea0d4>] ? __generic_file_aio_write+0x224/0x4f0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309442] [<c11322b2>] ? __dentry_open+0x272/0x2d0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309443] [<c1203870>] ? ecryptfs_readlink+0x90/0x90 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309445] [<c1202ec0>] ? ecryptfs_release+0x30/0x30 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309447] [<c10ea405>] ? generic_file_aio_write+0x65/0xd0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309449] [<c10ea3a0>] ? __generic_file_aio_write+0x4f0/0x4f0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309451] [<c113494e>] ? do_sync_readv_writev+0x9e/0xe0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309454] [<c1141893>] ? path_openat+0xc3/0x350 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309456] [<c113413c>] ? rw_verify_area+0x6c/0x120 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309459] [<c1134b7b>] ? do_readv_writev+0x9b/0x180 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309460] [<c10ea3a0>] ? __generic_file_aio_write+0x4f0/0x4f0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309462] [<c113d81b>] ? putname+0x2b/0x40 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309464] [<c113d81b>] ? putname+0x2b/0x40 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309466] [<c155b668>] ? mutex_lock+0x18/0x40 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309468] [<c1133f50>] ? default_llseek+0x120/0x120 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309470] [<c1133fa3>] ? generic_file_llseek+0x53/0x70 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309473] [<c1134c9e>] ? vfs_writev+0x3e/0x60 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309475] [<c1134dfd>] ? sys_writev+0x3d/0xa0 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309477] [<c1563a5f>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x28 Feb 10 13:52:32 Isila kernel: [ 6329.309479] [<c1550000>] ? ext4_mb_discard_group_preallocations+0x1ea/0x2a4 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/913787 Title: Defunct process consumes all CPU, init does not reap To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/913787/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs