I hear what you're saying, but the flip side is that all that software also won't work when you lose power or the system panics. I've found it much easier to j

I hear what you're saying, but the flip side is that all that software also won't work when you lose power or the system panics. I've found it much easier to just always use SIGKILL. That way, you're testing the recovery code all the time, especially during development when you restart, upgrade, or after a crash. You fix the bugs, and you have high confidence because you're exercising this path all the time.