Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Dec 1998 10:01:02 -0500 (EST) | From | "Jason A. Pfeil" <> | Subject | Re: Thanks |
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A zombie process is caused when a child process terminates and the parent has not done one of two things:
1) executed a wait() or a waitpid() for the child 2) set up the parent to ignore the SIGCHLD process from the terminating child with a call to signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Michael K Vance wrote:
> ... to the 800 people or so who wrote to me to dispel my naivete' re: zombie > processes ;). I can't explain offhand how a) root was running the process > (jwz's xscreesaver package started in my .xinitrc) or b) why it was in zombie, > but I'm wondering whether it's related to my system freeze the other night ... > > m. > > -- > "Up above aliens hover making home movies for the folks back home, of all > these weird creatures who lock up their spirits, drill holes in themselves > and live for their secrets. They're all uptight." -Thom Yorke, Radiohead > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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