I have often successfully removed zombie processes (especially kerneld children
in former RedHat 4.2 times) by sending a SIGCHLD/17 signal to the parent.
On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Steven W. Orr wrote:
> From: ramon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> What is a zombie process and how do I get rid of it?
>
> A zombie process is a child process that has either exited or signaled
> out AND the parent process has not reaped the status of the child. It is
> considered a coding error. If the parent process is terminated, the zombie
> will be inherited by the init process (pid 1) and then get reaped.
>
> It's also possible on occasion for processes to get zombied after being
> interrupted in the middle of certain device accesses. This is generally
> considered a bug in the driver. Frequently, there is no recourse except to
> reboot. OTOH, a single zombie doesn't actually hurt the system. I knew one
> retared programmer who wrote a server and generated literally thousands of
> zombies. He managed to convince management that they didn't hurt anything.
> Just reboot every two days. ;-)
>
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