Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261824AbUKPKyq (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Nov 2004 05:54:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261948AbUKPKyq (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Nov 2004 05:54:46 -0500 Received: from mail-ex.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:46747 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261824AbUKPKyo (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Nov 2004 05:54:44 -0500 To: "Ulrich Windl" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CPU hogs ignoring SIGTERM (unkillable processes) References: <4198A766.28114.106DD7B@rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de> <4199C06E.14572.3113A6@rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de> From: Andreas Schwab X-Yow: I represent a sardine!! Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:42:41 +0100 In-Reply-To: <4199C06E.14572.3113A6@rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de> (Ulrich Windl's message of "Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:55:09 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1220 Lines: 34 "Ulrich Windl" writes: > On 15 Nov 2004 at 14:39, Andreas Schwab wrote: > >> "Ulrich Windl" writes: >> >> > Hello, >> > >> > today I've discovered a programming error in one of my programs (that's fixed >> > already). When trying to replace the binary, I found out that the processes seem >> > unaffected by a plain "kill": They just continue to consume CPU. However, a "kill >> > -9" terminates them. ist that intended behavior? I guess not. Here are some facts: >> >> Are you sure it doesn't block or ignore the signal? > > Andreas, > > I don't mess with signals (as said); That is not required. It could just as well inherit the setting from the parent. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstra?e 5, 90409 N?rnberg, Germany Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." - 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/