[ntp:questions] Ntpd in uninterruptible sleep?

Uwe Klein uwe at klein-habertwedt.de
Sun Oct 23 21:43:51 UTC 2011


A C wrote:
> More interesting is that the cpu was pegged until I was able to kill and 
> restart ntpd.  Most of the cpu was devoted to ntpd during this locked up 
> period.  Simple things like typing at the console were difficult.  It 
> would take a few seconds for a keypress to register on the screen.  Once 
> ntpd was restarted the system responded normally and the cpu usage 
> dropped to normal levels.
> 
> This is still version 4.2.6p3.  I should probably go ahead and compile 
> the most recently released version but I'm at a loss to understand why 
> it happened.

CPU (over)loaded
or the system is swapping like mad ?
( I'd think it is swapping? )

uwe



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