Question: How Do I Know If a Process Is Hung Linux?

You can run “strace -p ” command to check if the process is hung or not. If it is running it would issue system calls and based on what system call you can also determine if it is waiting for some IO or trying to read/write a file or waiting for some other child process.

What is hung process?

In computing, a hang or freeze occurs when either a process or system ceases to respond to inputs. A typical example is when computer’s graphical user interface (such as Microsoft Windows) no longer responds to the user typing on the keyboard or moving the mouse.

How do you kill a hung process in Linux?

How to force kill process in Linux

1. Use pidof command to find the process ID of a running program or app. pidoff appname.
2. To kill process in Linux with PID: kill -9 pid.
3. To kill process in Linux with application name: killall -9 appname.

17 апр. 2019 г.