Star A New Way of Sleeping in the Linux Kernel
Linked by David Adams on Thu 2nd Oct 2008 17:40 UTC
Linux The Linux Kernel version 2.6.25 introduces a new Linux process sleeping state, TASK_KILLABLE: If a process is sleeping killably in this new state, it works like TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE with the bonus that it can respond to fatal signals. This feature is generally an improvement over the existing options -- after all, it is another way to keep from getting stuck with dead processes.
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RE: Article Review
by sbergman27 on Thu 2nd Oct 2008 18:22 UTC in reply to "Article Review"
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2005-07-24

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What? I'd say "Hurray!!!" I've been waiting for this feature for 20 years. Basically, no more reboots to get rid of stuck processes that kill -9 can't zap.

The IBM article is perhaps a bit dry, though. Jonathan Corbet is more engaging:

http://lwn.net/Articles/288056/

Edited 2008-10-02 18:26 UTC

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RE[2]: Article Review
by hobgoblin on Thu 2nd Oct 2008 18:40 in reply to "RE: Article Review"
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2005-07-06

now to get those programs to actually use it, as i dont think its used pr default for existing apps.

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