Many processes hung in 'D' state and waiting for migration/X

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Many processes are identified as being hung in the uninterruptible sleep state of 'D' in 'ps' output. These processes do not respond to signals (including kill -9) and lsof and strace hang when tracing the hung process.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4

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