Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: atomicity | Date | Sun, 6 Dec 1998 11:16:24 +0100 (MET) | From | (Rogier Wolff) |
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Alan Cox wrote: > Think about it this way. SIGKILL and a power failure are identical.
Well, I occasionally get processes stuck in "D" state. SIGKILL doesn't kill them, a power failure does. (Try a filesystem that Oops-es on the "mount" system call, then retry the mount).
Yeah, I know I've taken your quote out of context. Sorry. :-)
Roger.
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