Many [MailScanner] <defunct>

[Julian Field]

Are the same ones there all the time, or do the process ids (the  
number in the 2nd column) keep changing pretty frequently?
If they keep changing, don't worry, this is an intentional design  
decision. It is faster to reap lots of zombies at once than it is to  
reap them all one at a time. Makes quite a big speed difference,  
despite looking a little ugly.

On 2 Jun 2006, at 14:53, Matthias Sutter wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> can somebody explain me why I have some "[MailScanner] <defunct>".
> I use MailScanner-4.54.6-1 on a Suse Linux 10.1.
>
> Thanks
> Matthias
>
> exim     10972  0.0  0.0  13148   848 ?        Ss   Jun01   0:04 / 
> opt/exim/bin/exim -C /opt/exim/configure.in -bd
> exim      8659  0.0  0.0  13156   528 ?        S    15:49   0:00   
> \_ /opt/exim/bin/exim -C /opt/exim/configure.in -bd
> exim      8660  0.0  0.0  13156   528 ?        S    15:49   0:00   
> \_ /opt/exim/bin/exim -C /opt/exim/configure.in -bd
> exim      8661  0.0  0.0  13156   528 ?        S    15:49   0:00   
> \_ /opt/exim/bin/exim -C /opt/exim/configure.in -bd
> exim     10992  0.0  0.9  57800 29516 ?        Ss   Jun01   0:00  
> MailScanner: starting child
> exim     18355  0.2  2.0  98388 63572 ?        S    14:17   0:13   
> \_ MailScanner: waiting for messages
> exim      8308  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    15:47   0:00   
> |   \_ [MailScanner] <defunct>
> exim     18397  0.1  2.0  97328 62572 ?        S    14:17   0:08   
> \_ MailScanner: waiting for messages
> exim      8438  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    15:48   0:00   
> |   \_ [MailScanner] <defunct>
> exim     18431  0.2  2.0  97828 63072 ?        S    14:17   0:15   
> \_ MailScanner: waiting for messages
> exim      8127  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    15:47   0:00   
> |   \_ [MailScanner] <defunct>
> exim     18449  0.2  2.0  97608 62852 ?        S    14:18   0:12   
> \_ MailScanner: waiting for messages
> exim      8360  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    15:47   0:00   
> |   \_ [MailScanner] <defunct>
> exim     18481  0.2  2.0  97224 62384 ?        S    14:18   0:13   
> \_ MailScanner: waiting for messages
> exim      8536  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    15:49   0:00   
> |   \_ [MailScanner] <defunct>
> exim     18843  0.1  2.0  97312 62556 ?        S    14:19   0:10   
> \_ MailScanner: virus scanning
> exim      8666 22.0  0.3  16400 10156 ?        Rs   15:49   0:00   
> |   \_ /usr/local/Sophos/bin/sweep -sc -f -all -rec  ss -archive - 
> cab -loopback --no-follow-
> exim     18954  0.2  2.0  97636 62880 ?        S    14:20   0:12   
> \_ MailScanner: waiting for messages
> exim      8642  0.2  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    15:49   0:00   
> |   \_ [MailScanner] <defunct>
> exim     19046  0.2  2.0  97324 62568 ?        S    14:20   0:12   
> \_ MailScanner: waiting for messages
> exim      8628  0.1  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    15:49   0:00   
> |   \_ [MailScanner] <defunct>
> exim     19225  0.2  2.0  97384 62628 ?        S    14:21   0:10   
> \_ MailScanner: waiting for messages
> exim      8651  0.2  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    15:49   0:00   
> |   \_ [MailScanner] <defunct>
> exim     19355  0.1  2.0  97292 62428 ?        S    14:22   0:09   
> \_ MailScanner: waiting for messages
> exim      8605  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    15:49    
> 0:00      \_ [MailScanner] <defunct>
> exim     19364  0.0  1.0  67544 32952 ?        S    14:22   0:01  
> MailWatch SQL
> root      8106  0.0  0.0  11864  1724 ?        Ss   15:47   0:00 / 
> opt/exim/bin/exim -C /opt/exim/configure.out -Mc 1Fm9zT-00026j-CS
> exim      8107  0.0  0.0  12932  1336 ?        S    15:47   0:00   
> \_ /opt/exim/bin/exim -C /opt/exim/configure.out -Mc 1Fm9zT-00026j-CS
> root      8656  0.0  0.0  11860  1724 ?        Ss   15:49   0:00 / 
> opt/exim/bin/exim -C /opt/exim/configure.out -Mc 1FmA1v-0002Fb-0Z
> exim      8657  0.0  0.0  12928  1384 ?        S    15:49   0:00   
> \_ /opt/exim/bin/exim -C /opt/exim/configure.out -Mc 1FmA1v-0002Fb-0Z
>
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