[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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