Managing Network File Systems in Oracle® Solaris 11.2

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

pstack Command

The pstack command displays a stack trace for each process. The pstack command must be run by the owner of the process or by root. You can use the pstack command to determine where a process is hung. The only option that is allowed with this command is the process ID of the process that you want to check. For more information about the pstack command, see the proc (1) man page.

Example 6-2  Displaying Stack Trace for NFS Process
# /usr/bin/pgrep nfsd
243
# /usr/bin/pstack 243
243:    /usr/lib/nfs/nfsd -a 16
 ef675c04 poll     (24d50, 2, ffffffff)
 000115dc ???????? (24000, 132c4, 276d8, 1329c, 276d8, 0)
 00011390 main     (3, efffff14, 0, 0, ffffffff, 400) + 3c8
 00010fb0 _start   (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) + 5c

The example shows that the process is waiting for a new connection request, which is a normal response. If the stack shows that the process is still in poll after a request is made, the process might be hung. For more information about fixing a hung process, see How to Restart NFS Service. For more information about troubleshooting NFS, see NFS Troubleshooting Procedures.