[Gllug] Unkillable process

[Huw Lynes]

On Saturday 29 June 2002 17:01, you wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, t. clarke said:
> > Nix wrote:-
> If a process is *ever* in user mode and in D state at the same time,
> it's a truly massive bug: I've never seen it, and I doubt that in
> that state the process would get any time from the scheduler
> (although I haven't checked what the scheduler does in this case, or
> even if it notices).

Ok now for a really dumb question. If you've got a process which is 
refusing to die is there any way of telling if it is in kernel space or 
user space? 
Dumb question no2: If it is in user space is there any way of telling 
what it was doing when it hung. Assuming that it is a proprietary app 
that you do not have the source for.

I appreciate that these are probably quite involved topics so any 
documentation pointers are gratefully received.

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