Thanks for a very quick respons from john_at_iastate.edu:
> WCHAN is "what is this process waiting on"
> in this case I/O on a socket (e.g., accept,
> read, write).
>
Thanks again,
susrod_at_hbsi.com
> ----------
> From: john_at_iastate.edu[SMTP:john_at_iastate.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 1998 2:20 PM
> To: Susan Rodriguez
> Subject: Re: [Q] WCHAN status
>
> }I can see these oracle sessions which have been running for 2 days.
>
> }ps -elf | grep LOC:
> } F S UID PID PPID %CPU PRI NI RSS WCHAN STARTED
> }TIME COMMAND
> }80008001 IW 12 18312 1 0.0 44 0 0K socket May 12
> }0:04.32 oraclewazu (LOCAL=NO)
> }80008001 IW 12 18628 1 0.0 44 0 0K socket May 12
> }0:07.09 oraclewazu (LOCAL=NO)
> }80008001 IW 12 19019 1 0.0 48 0 0K socket May 12
> }1:37.20 oraclewazu (LOCAL=NO)
> }80008001 IW 12 19051 1 0.0 42 0 0K socket May 12
> }0:02.10 oraclewazu (LOCAL=NO)
>
> }Can anyone explain a WCHAN status of "socket"?
>
> WCHAN is "what is this process waiting on"
> in this case I/O on a socket (e.g., accept,
> read, write).
>
> John
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Received on Thu May 14 1998 - 23:54:54 NZST