Michael Gersten wrote:
>
> The real question is, does alt-sysreq-K actually clobber the
> process, or does it mearly send it a signal 9?
>
> On 2.0.34 systems, processes CAN AND DO survive signal 9.
> Do they on 2.2.x systems?
Processes in uninterruptible sleep are by definition not interrupted,
regardless of kernel version or OS. No process execpt PID 1 survive
signal 9, but they are not terminated as long as they are
uninterruptible.
//Marcus
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