Can I trust the output of ::ps in mdb in Solaris 8 WRT zombie status of processes when the kernel core file came from a send-break-and-sync?
Given the following output, should I really believe that all of these processes (including init) are zombies? > ::ps S PID PPID PGID SID UID FLAGS ADDR NAME R 0 0 0 0 0 0x00000219 00000000104240f0 sched R 3 0 0 0 0 0x00020219 0000030001b80008 fsflush R 2 0 0 0 0 0x00020219 0000030001b80a98 pageout Z 1 0 0 0 0 0x80004208 0000030001b81528 init R 1152 1 1143 1143 0 0x00014208 0000030003f54040 ttymon Z 4798 1 4744 4744 0 0x80004208 00000300027bb530 conduit Z 4745 1 4744 4744 0 0x80010208 0000030004d0eaa8 smssmtp Z 2959 1 2320 2320 51 0x90010208 0000030004a66ae0 sendmail Z 3032 1 2320 2320 51 0x90010208 0000030002bbb570 sendmail Z 3050 1 2320 2320 51 0x90010208 000003000857f558 sendmail Z 3104 1 2320 2320 0 0x80010208 0000030004f82040 sendmail Z 3101 1 3101 3101 0 0x80004208 0000030006209560 sh Z 4744 1 4744 4744 0 0x80004208 00000300084fa018 smssmtp Z 2323 1 2323 2323 51 0x90010208 0000030004938ad8 sendmail Z 2320 1 2320 2320 0 0x80010208 0000030004a90000 sendmail Z 1144 1 1144 1144 0 0x80004208 0000030004cf1540 ttymon Z 1143 1 1143 1143 0 0x80014208 0000030004ebb558 sac Z 624 1 623 623 0 0x80000208 0000030002665540 snmpd.5.8 Z 582 1 582 582 0 0x80000208 0000030004a91520 sec R 533 1 533 533 0 0x00000208 0000030004cf0020 slobd R 467 1 467 467 0 0x00000208 0000030004d0f538 efdaemon Z 446 1 446 446 0 0x80014208 0000030004a67570 vold Z 428 1 428 428 0 0x80010208 0000030004938048 sshd Z 402 1 402 402 0 0x80000208 0000030001b4d530 utmpd R 263 1 263 263 0 0x00020208 0000030002b62030 lpsched R 257 1 257 257 0 0x00000208 00000300029b9548 inetd Z 254 1 254 254 0 0x80010208 0000030001c63538 xntpd Z 252 1 252 252 0 0x80000208 00000300039c8ac8 nscd Z 232 1 232 232 0 0x80000208 0000030002664020 syslogd Z 183 1 183 183 0 0x80000208 0000030002b62ac0 named Z 67 1 67 67 0 0x80000208 0000030001b4caa0 picld Z 58 1 58 58 0 0x80000208 0000030001b4c010 syseventd > ::ps -t output only shows kernel threads associated with processes in the R state, which matches what I see on a running Solaris 8 system with verifiable zombies. Thanks, Chad Mynhier
