Processes getting wedged in "U" (uninterruptible wait), state after Security Update 2020-003

[Greg Earle]

On 29 May 2020, at 8:56, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:

> So I'm not sure how the `-sp` flags got into your launchd plist again 
> when they're not supported anymore.  Maybe Apple made a mistake in the 
> security update.  If so, I'd expect them to reissue it.  If they do, 
> the macOS build number should change.  I'm running Mojave 10.14.6 
> build 18G5033.  How about you?  If you're running less than that, run 
> Software Update again, or try downloading the security update from 
> Apple's web site.
>
> Alternately, is it possible that you edited the plist file yourself to 
> add the -sp flags?  MacPorts used to have instructions in the notes of 
> the gdb port telling users to add the -p flag to the existing -s flag 
> since this was required for gdb to work in OS X 10.10.  We removed 
> those instructions some years ago since they were no longer helpful in 
> OS X 10.11 and later but maybe you found and followed similar 
> instructions elsewhere on the Internet, or you ran some installer or 
> script that edited it for you.  On my Mojave system, the plist hasn't 
> been modified since 2018-08-21, but you showed that on your system it 
> was modified on 2020-04-16.  Of course, editing that file manually 
> would require disabling System Integrity Protection.  Have you 
> disabled SIP?  If so, consider reenabling it to protect your system 
> from unwanted modifications.

Ryan et al.,

Apologies for the late update.  I discovered after I sent my last e-mail 
to the list that on April 16th I did a "port upgrade outdated" and it 
updated several things including (g)gdb.  24 minutes later, the .plist 
file was edited.  I'm assuming that I must have done it and for the very 
reason you describe - I found old MacPorts list postings saying it was a 
workaround for gdb not being codesigned.

I didn't reboot the system after changing the .plist or I would have 
found this problem back then, and not assumed it was due to some change 
made by Apple with Security Update 2020-003 which is the first time I've 
rebooted the system since April 16th.

With egg on face,

		- Greg