Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 16:37:41 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> 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: <3ED27B15.3050407@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <004401c3237a$4b459720$f84b10ac@matej> References: <004401c3237a$4b459720$f84b10ac@matej>
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Ing. Matej Ondrusek wrote: [ ... ] > Isn't it a kernel bug ? I thought that every process must be always > removable at least with kill -9. A process cannot ignore "kill -9", correct, but the delivery of signals can and will be delayed if the process is blocked-- say, in the middle of a system call. The "IE" flag indicates the process is idle and is attempting to exit. Try "kill -HUP" before doing a "kill -9" and see whether that does any better. -Chuck
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