[Dovecot] unkillable imap process(es) with high CPU-usage

[Timo Sirainen]

On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 12:10 -0700, Gene Steinberg wrote:
> This is sounding similar to the problem I have with my setup:
> 
> 1. High CPU usage.
> 
> 2. Can't kill IMAP.

kill -9 doesn't work for imap processes? You didn't mention this before.

> I'm using CentOS 5.2 64-bit version with the latest cPanel.
> 
> So what am I missing, other than the problem nobody else is having is  
> clearly something they ARE having?

If you can't kill -9 a process, it means the kernel is buggy. At least
2.6.27 was buggy and it was fixed in 2.6.27.10.

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