[svlug] Processes that don't die with -9
Sarah Newman
newmans at sonic.net
Thu Dec 4 15:15:22 PST 2014
On 12/04/2014 02:40 PM, Sarah Newman wrote:
> I suppose if killing one thread from the group took out an uninterruptible thread in that group, it
> would be a bug and should cause a system crash. Though the kernel lets you do other things that can
> cause system crashes, such as unbinding a device in use.
Pertinent article about killable vs. uninterruptible: http://lwn.net/Articles/288056/
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