Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 13:51:00 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@jennejohn.org> To: "Ing. Matej Ondrusek" <matej@cxcom.sk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to remove dead process in the "exiting" state Message-ID: <200305261151.h4QBp0I7006738@peedub.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: Message from "Ing. Matej Ondrusek" <matej@cxcom.sk> <004401c3237a$4b459720$f84b10ac@matej>
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"Ing. Matej Ondrusek" writes: > Dean Strik wrote: > > Not really an answer, but something you could try: a few weeks ago I > > noticed that an XFree86 process in IE after a kill -9 on it could be > > terminated by sending an additional kill -1 to it. Probably too specific > > for this program though (and it was on 5.0-CURRENT actually). > > I have tried it but it didn't help. Here is the console output for more > information: > > # /var/spool/lock: ps -ax | grep "26977" > 26977 ?? IE 0:00.01 /usr/local/sbin/mgetty cuaa1 > # /var/spool/lock: kill -9 26977 > # /var/spool/lock: ps -ax | grep "26977" > 26977 ?? IE 0:00.01 /usr/local/sbin/mgetty cuaa1 > # /var/spool/lock: kill -1 26977 > # /var/spool/lock: ps -ax | grep "26977" > 26977 ?? IE 0:00.01 /usr/local/sbin/mgetty cuaa1 > > Isn't it a kernel bug ? I thought that every process must be always > removable at least with kill -9. > You have to be able to wake up the process in order to deliver the signal. I speculate that the process is in a non-wakebale sleep, trying to flush its clists. What's on cuaa1? --- Gary Jennejohn / garyj@jennejohn.org gj@freebsd.org gj@denx.de
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