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KILL doens't necessarily end the process. It may be stuck in uninterruptible state (TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE).
by wereHamster 12y ago
KILL doens't necessarily end the process. It may be stuck in uninterruptible state (TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE).
- IgorPartola 12y agoYup, when it is waiting on the kernel, but in this case we know the entire context so the kernel can actually detect this and clean up properly.