Robin Holt wrote: > > wait_task_zombie() is taking many seconds to get through the list. > For the case of a modprobe, stop_machine creates one thread per cpu > (remember big number). All are parented to init and their exit will > cause wait_task_zombie to scan multiple times most of the way through > this very long list looking for threads which need to be reaped.
Could you try this patch http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=117337194209912 ? It can't solve the whole problem, but at least an exiting kernel thread won't kick init. Oleg. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/