Subject: Re: ps axl shows bogus data
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/26/1999 08:25:42
Jason Thorpe wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Apr 1999 18:15:10 +1000
> Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org> wrote:
>
> > > Wasn't this fixed some time ago? If not, will it be for 1.4? It
> > > looks pretty bad...
> > >
> > > UID PID PPID CPU PRI NI VSZ RSS WCHAN STAT TT TIME COMMAND
> > > 0 0 0 0 -18 0 0 -20320 schedu DLs ?? 0:00.01 (swapper)
> > > 0 1 0 0 10 0 320 184 wait Is ?? 0:00.02 init
> > > 0 2 0 0 -18 0 0 -20320 daemon DL ?? 0:00.01 (pagedaemon)
> > > 0 3 0 0 -18 0 0 -20320 reaper DL ?? 0:00.08 (reaper)
> > > 0 10 0 0 -6 0 0 -20320 raidfr DL ?? 0:00.03 (raid)
> > > 0 11 0 0 -6 0 0 -20320 raidfr DL ?? 0:05.14 (raid)
> >
> > What arch is this on? I had some patches somewhere to just check if
> > RSS was less than zero - maybe something like this is needed on the
> > 1.4 branch...
>
> Um, we should fix the bug in the pmap module that causes this.
>
> I can whip up an example for the Alpha port on Monday (maybe tonight,
> but I can't guarantee anything; I'm making dinner for some friends tonight :-)
Is this likely to be done for all ports for 1.4 though? I still think
the option of having ps(1) verify (some small part of) the information
it displays is not out of the question...
Simon.