Daemons stuck in 'D' "short-term" wait state

[R+C Schneider]

In v7n161 Dwight Ernest mentions programs getting stuck in a 'D' wait.  We
had a similar problem here, and it was traced to the lock daemon,
rpc.lockd, which tended to dump core or otherwise fail.  There are a
number of known bugs (a patch is available) with the rpc.lockd under 3.5,
as well as 4.0.  We got the patch tapes and have experienced no problems
since.

Roland Schneider                       <sch at eeserv.ee.umanitoba.ca>
University of Manitoba