On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Matthew Hixson wrote:
> I agree with you that if
> there is a process that is not returning memory it will indeed eat up RAM,
> thereby wasting it. The solution in that case would be to reboot.
You guys are *scaring* me. You don't kill the kernel because of
mis-behaving processes. Zombie processes are waiting for the parent process
to reap them (using wait())... or init will when the parent exits.
Kill the problem processes... not the kernel.
-Andy
Global Auctions
http://www.globalauctions.com
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