Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261618AbUKCOtv (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Nov 2004 09:49:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261623AbUKCOtu (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Nov 2004 09:49:50 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:31468 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261618AbUKCOti (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Nov 2004 09:49:38 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: =?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= Subject: Re: is killing zombies possible w/o a reboot? Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 15:49:06 +0100 Message-ID: References: <200411030751.39578.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <20041103143348.GA24596@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 200.80-202-166.nextgentel.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Security Through Obscurity, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:dhFP9gd7wJ+pU0nh6eyjfjI+xT8= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 768 Lines: 19 bert hubert writes: > On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 07:51:39AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> But I'd tried to run gnomeradio earlier to listen to the elections, > > Depressing enough. > >> I'd tried to kill the zombie earlier but couldn't. >> Isn't there some way to clean up a &^$#^#@)_ zombie? > > Kill the parent, is the only (portable) way. Perhaps not as portable, but another possible, though slightly complicated, way is to ptrace the parent and force it to wait(). -- M?ns Rullg?rd mru@inprovide.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/