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

Timo Sirainen wrote:

If you can't kill a process with -9, the bug is in the kernel and

Do you have an idea, where and how I could report this to? (against the kernel package?). Perhaps I try an original debian kernel instead the sidux kernel first.

there's nothing Dovecot can do about it. User spaces processes can't create unkillable processes unless something's broken.

Although you could see if "strace -p <pid>" prints something. It's doubtful though if you can't kill the process.

I have tried this already without success. The strace did not print anything and hang, without being able to be stopped by CTRL-C.

Thank you for your answer, Arno