[SunHELP] can't kill it!

[Nicholas Dronen]

On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 03:50:08PM -0500, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> check this out:
> 
> [root at hudson /]# ps -ef | grep 11010
>     root 11010     1  0 10:45:53 ?        8:51 /usr/java//bin/sparc/native_threads/java -classpath:/db01/macknet/parts/dev/cl
> [root at hudson /]# kill -9 11010
> [root at hudson /]# ps -ef | grep 11010
>     root 11010     1  0 10:45:53 ?        8:51 /usr/java//bin/sparc/native_threads/java -classpath:/db01/macknet/parts/dev/cl
> [root at hudson /]#
> 
> doesn't matter how many times we try to kill it, it refuses to die.
> 
> has anyone else seen this?  how do i get rid of it without rebooting the
> machine?

You usually can't.  It's probably stuck in kernel mode, either waiting for
I/O or stuck in an uninterruptible sleep waiting on some resource.  In
short, a kernel problem. Time to install the latest patch cluster, methinks.

Regards,

Nick Dronen