Creating large number PID's in the Background result in hung state

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. I have integrated redis in my application to store messages basically to
 to store high through put messages in the redis server . I started the
redis server and apply payload to insert some messages . After some time ,
I came to know there are  huge number of "  23813 ?           0:00
<defunct> " pids created in the server, results in hung state . Please find
the logs below,

Thanks in advance
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

redis-0.900 on Solaris- 10


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Please find my logs below

23 Jul 15:13:36 - 1 changes in 3600 seconds. Saving...
23 Jul 15:13:36 - Background saving started by pid 25227
23 Jul 15:13:36 - DB saved on disk
23 Jul 15:13:37 * Background saving error
23 Jul 15:13:38 - 1 changes in 3600 seconds. Saving...
23 Jul 15:13:38 - Background saving started by pid 25228
23 Jul 15:13:38 - DB saved on disk
23 Jul 15:13:39 * Background saving error
23 Jul 15:13:40 . DB 0: 17179869184 keys (34359935612 volatile) in
8590019928 slots HT.
23 Jul 15:13:40 . 0 clients connected (0 slaves), 6163 bytes in use
23 Jul 15:13:40 - 1 changes in 3600 seconds. Saving...
23 Jul 15:13:40 - DB saved on disk
23 Jul 15:13:40 - Background saving started by pid 25229
23 Jul 15:13:41 * Background saving error
23 Jul 15:13:42 - 1 changes in 3600 seconds. Saving...
23 Jul 15:13:42 - DB saved on disk
23 Jul 15:13:42 - Background saving started by pid 25230
23 Jul 15:13:43 * Background saving error
23 Jul 15:13:44 - 1 changes in 3600 seconds. Saving...
23 Jul 15:13:44 - Background saving started by pid 25231
23 Jul 15:13:44 - DB saved on disk
23 Jul 15:13:45 . DB 0: 17179869184 keys (34359935612 volatile) in
8590019928 slots HT.
23 Jul 15:13:45 . 0 clients connected (0 slaves), 6163 bytes in use
23 Jul 15:13:45 * Background saving error
23 Jul 15:13:46 - 1 changes in 3600 seconds. Saving...
23 Jul 15:13:46 - Background saving started by pid 25232
23 Jul 15:13:46 - DB saved on disk
23 Jul 15:13:47 * Background saving error
23 Jul 15:13:48 - 1 changes in 3600 seconds. Saving...
23 Jul 15:13:48 - Background saving started by pid 25233
23 Jul 15:13:48 - DB saved on disk
23 Jul 15:13:49 * Background saving error
23 Jul 15:13:50 . DB 0: 17179869184 keys (34359935612 volatile) in
8590019928 slots HT.
23 Jul 15:13:50 . 0 clients connected (0 slaves), 6163 bytes in use
23 Jul 15:13:50 - 1 changes in 3600 seconds. Saving...
23 Jul 15:13:50 - Background saving started by pid 25234

Original issue reported on code.google.com by prabeesh...@gmail.com on 23 Jul 2009 at 3:22

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I will look on that, just to mention that I notice this issue.

Original comment by mavcu...@gmail.com on 11 Aug 2009 at 12:48