bad_ndt.sh

(
vserver iupui_ndt exec bash <<\EOF
ps ax -opid,args \
  | grep ndtd \
  | grep -v grep \
  | awk 'BEGIN {
            start_time_index = 22 ;
            # Read the start_time of the awk process.
            # All older processes will have an earlier (smaller) start_time.
            "cat /proc/self/stat" |& getline result ; split(result, proc) ;
            awk_start = proc[start_time_index] ;
        }
        {
            # Read the start_time of each NDT process.
            sprintf("cat /proc/%d/stat", $1) |& getline result ; split(result, proc) ;
            t_diff = awk_start - proc[start_time_index] ;

            # Report all processes that have run for more than 60 seconds.
            # This will always apply to the parent ndtd. If there is more than
            # 1, they are in a hung state.

            # /proc/<pid>/stat starttime increments sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK) every
            # second. This is 100 on M-Lab (and most systems);
            # So, 60 seconds will be 6000 ticks.
            if (t_diff > 6000) {
                print result ;
            }
        }'
EOF
)

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